Microbial disinfection capacity of municipal solid waste (MSW) composting

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 238-246

  Deportes I ^a   Benoit Guyod, J L ^a,d   Zmirou, D ^b   Bouvier, M C ^c  

^a GEDEXE   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c Laboratoire d'Analyse des Eaux   (France)

^d GEDEXE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

ASCARIS EGGS; COLIFORM CONCENTRATIONS; COMPOSTING PROCESS; DRY WEIGHT; FAECAL STREPTOCOCCI; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL CONTAMINATION; LONG-TERM STORAGE; MICROBIAL-DISINFECTION; TOTAL COLIFORMS;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPOSTING; DISINFECTION; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIGELLA; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALIA; ASCARIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031831837     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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