Comparison between the evaluation of bacterial regrowth capability in a turbidimeter and biodegradable dissolved organic carbon bioreactor measurements in water

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 347-352

  Kott, Y ^a   Ribas, F ^b   Frias J ^c   Lucena, F ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b AGBAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCONVERSION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; DISSOLUTION; ORGANIC CARBON;

ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON; BACTERIAL REGROWTH; BIODEGRADABLE DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; BIODEGRADABLE ORGANIC MATTER; COLONY FORMING UNITS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; MICRO-ORGANISMS; TOTAL BACTERIA;

TURBIDIMETERS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

BACTERIAL REGROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; ORGANIC CARBON; TURBIDIMETER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; COLONY FORMING UNIT; NONHUMAN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030870821     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1997.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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