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Sludge Metabolism

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Sludge Characteristics and Behavior

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Metabolism refers to the sum total of all the chemical transformations occurring within a living system. It includes the two interdependent activities of catabolism and anabolism. Anabolism encompasses cell building reactions; whereas, catabolism consists of the degradation of food stuffs for synthesis and for energy necessary for synthesis and other activities to occur.

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  1. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    A. J. Englande Jr.

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  1. College of Engineering Department of Civil Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19711, USA

    Judith B. Carberry Ph.D. (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  2. Department of Environmental Health Sciences School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA

    Andrew J. Englande Jr Ph.D., P.E. (Associate Professor and Chairman) (Associate Professor and Chairman)

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Englande, A.J. (1983). Sludge Metabolism. In: Carberry, J.B., Englande, A.J. (eds) Sludge Characteristics and Behavior. NATO ASI Series, vol 66. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6860-8_3

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