Stability of chitosan gel as entrapment matrix of viable Scenedesmus bicellularis cells immobilized on screens for tertiary treatment of wastewater

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 147-155

  Kaya, Valentino M ^a   Picard, Gaston ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellular viability; Chitosan; Immobilized cells; Microalgae; Nutrient uptake yield; Scenedesmus bicellularis; Stability; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; IMMOBILIZED CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALGAE; DESMODESMUS BICELLULARIS; SCENEDESMUS;

AGENTS; CELLS; CHELATION; CHITIN; COMPRESSION TESTING; GELS; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; VISCOSITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL STABILITY; CHITOSAN GEL; KONJAC FLOUR; MOISTURE RETENTION; NUTRIENT STARVATION REMOVAL CYCLES; SCENEDESMUS BICELLULARIS; SODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE;

ALGAE;

PHOSPHATES; WASTE WATER;

EID: 0030131648     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-8524(96)00013-2     Document Type: Article

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