Toxicity and biodegradation of formaldehyde in anaerobic methanogenic culture

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 727-736

  Qu, Mingbo ^a   Bhattacharya, Sanjoy K ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetate; Anaerobic; Biodegradation; Formaldehyde; Methanogenic; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMOSTATS; FORMALDEHYDE; METHANOGENS; TOXICITY;

ACETATE; ANAEROBIC METHANOGENIC CULTURE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; METHANE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CHEMOSTAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MODEL; PH; PSEUDOMONAS; SOLID; TOXICITY;

EID: 0031554871     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970905)55:5<727::AID-BIT3>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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