Microbiological study of a trickling biofiltration process: Representativeness of washwaters and vertical distribution of heterotrophic aerobic bacteria;Etude microbiologique d'un biofiltre a lit ruisselant: representativite des eaux de lavage et distribution verticale des bactéries heterotrophes aerobies

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 555-566

  Le Bihan, Y ^a   Lessard, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Fungi; Heterotrophic bacteria; Statistics; Washwaters

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; BIOMASS; FUNGI; STATISTICS;

BIOFILTRATION PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESS; FULL-SCALE PLANTS; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION; WASHWATERS;

AEROBIC BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILTRATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BIOFILTRATION; BIOMASS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; MOULD; PSEUDOMONAS; STATISTICS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; YEAST;

AEROMONAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; FUNGI; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0031826244     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.1998.9618670     Document Type: Article

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