Biodegradation of selected azo dyes under methanogenic conditions

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 6-7, 1997, Pages 65-72

  Razo Flores, Elías ^a   Luijten, Maurice ^b   Donlon, Brian ^b   Lettinga, Gatze ^b   Field, Jim ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaerobic degradation; Azo dyes; Azodisalicylate; Granular sludge; Methanogenic conditions; Mordant Orange 1; UASB reactor

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; AZODISALICYLATE; MORDANT ORANGE; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET (UASB) REACTORS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; AZO DYES; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; METABOLISM; METHANOGENS; REDUCTION; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT;

AZO DYE; MESALAZINE; OLSALAZINE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE;

BIODEGRADATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; REACTOR; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

DECOLORIZING; DYES, AZO; EFFLUENT TREATMENT, DYEING;

EID: 0030713394     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00508-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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