Yu G.-H.Lee D.-J.He P.-J.Shao L.-M.Lai J.-Y.2019-05-132019-05-13201001496395https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/407749The soluble microbial products (SMP) and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) significantly affect fouling in membrane filtration. This work filtered SMP and fractionated EPS of activated sludge using a 0.45mm filter membrane. The fluorescently labeled stains and confocol laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) images in situ visualized the distributions of proteins, £\-polysaccharides, £]-polysaccharides, lipids, total cells, and dead cells of different EPS fractions in the fouling layers. The role of individual SMP and fractionated EPS fractions on membrane fouling was discussed. ? Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.Confocal laser scanning microscopyExtracellular polymeric substancesFilterabilityFluorescence stainingSludgejournal article10.1080/014963910036662132-s2.0-77951684626https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-77951684626&doi=10.1080%2f01496391003666213&partnerID=40&md5=78a5d843e8c56622ea35f7498d752494