The decolourisation of a chemical industry effluent by white rot fungi

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 575-577

  Knapp, J S ^a   Newby, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical effluents; Coloured effluents; Coriolus versicolor; Decolourisation; White rot fungi

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; MANGANESE; NITROGEN;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FUNGUS; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHROMATOPHORE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CORIOLUS VERSICOLOR; FUNGI;

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHROMOPHORES; COLOR REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); FUNGI;

WHITE ROT FUNGI;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

EID: 0032599751     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00243-7     Document Type: Article

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