Anaerobic treatment of a municipal landfill leachate

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 937-944

  Frigon, Jean Claude ^a   Bisaillon, Jean Guy ^a   Paquette, Gilles ^a   Beaudet, Réjean ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic treatment; Fixed film reactor; Growth parameters; Landfill; Leachate; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

IRON; OXYGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTEROIDES; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CITROBACTER; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUBACTERIUM; LANDFILL; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES CAPILLOSUS; CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER AMALONATICUS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BIFERMENTANS; CLOSTRIDIUM GLYCOLICUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; EUBACTERIUM SP.; GADUS MORHUA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031457056     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-135     Document Type: Article

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