Integrated nitrogen removal in compact systems by immobilized microorganisms: new-generation bioreactors

Biotechnology Annual Review

Volumn 4, Issue C, 1998, Pages 323-394

  Martins dos Santos, Vitor A P ^a   Tramper, Johannes ^a   Wijffels, René H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(co)immobilized cells; biofilms; compact bioreactors; devitrification; integrated processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000342234     PISSN: 13872656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1387-2656(08)70076-0     Document Type: Article

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