Effects of the herbicide atrazine on the activated sludge process: Microbiology and functional views

Chemosphere

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 479-494

  Nsabimana, E ^a   Bohatier, J ^a,b   Belan, A ^a   Pepin, D ^b   Charles, L ^b  

^a URA CNRS 1944   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; HERBICIDE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FLAVOBACTERIUM; LABORATORY; SLUDGE DIGESTION; STEADY STATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSEOBACTERIUM INDOLOGENES; FLAVOBACTERIUM; PROTISTA;

EID: 0029974870     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-6535(96)00182-8     Document Type: Article

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