Effects of exogenous phenol-degrading bacteria on performance and ecosystem of activated sludge

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-298

  Watanabe, Kazuya ^a   Hino, Sanae ^a   Takahashi, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a Tonen Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

activated sludge; bioaugmentation; growth kinetics; phenol degrading bacteria

Indexed keywords

PHENOL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALCALIGENES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029859399     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0922-338X(96)88822-2     Document Type: Article

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