Toxicity of anionic surfactants to the bacterial population of a waste water treatment plant

Tenside, Surfactants, Detergents

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 323-327

  Verge, C ^b,d   Moreno, A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Petresa Petrochemical Complex ^*

^c Chemical department   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ADSORPTION; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC SLUDGE; ALCOHOL ETHER SULPHATE; ALCOHOL SULPHATE; ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; BACTERIAL POPULATION; LINEAR ALKYLBENZENE SULFONATE; SEWAGE ENTERING TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 0030198221     PISSN: 09323414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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