Catalase activity in activated sludge plant effluents

Biologia

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 283-289

  Hosetti, Basavaling B ^a   Frost, Stanley ^b  

^a MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activated sludge plants; Biochemical oxygen demand; Catalase activity; Sewage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000426352     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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