Ethylene removal by a biofilter with immobilized bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4168-4173

  Elsgaard, Lars ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ETHYLENE; REMOVAL; SOILS;

BIOFILTER; PLANT HORMONAL ACTIVITY;

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS);

ETHYLENE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS FLOW; IMMOBILIZED CELL; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032213511     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.11.4168-4173.1998     Document Type: Article

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