Nitrate and phosphate ion removal from water by Phormidium laminosum immobilized on hollow fibres in a photobioreactor

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 463-468

  Sawayama, S ^a,b   Rao, K K ^a   Hall, D O ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; FIBER; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMOBILIZED CELL; NONHUMAN; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

PHORMIDIUM LAMINOSUM;

EID: 0031892215     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051199     Document Type: Article

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