Treatment of aquarium water by denitrifying photosynthetic bacteria using immobilized polyvinyl alcohol beads

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-193

  Nagadomi, Hisashi ^a   Hiromitsu, Takako ^b   Takeno, Kenji ^b   Watanabe, Masanori ^c   Sasaki, Ken ^b  

^a Nagao Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alginate; Denitrification; Immobilization; Polyvinyl alcohol; Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CARP; CELL GROWTH; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FILTRATION; GROWTH RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; WATER TREATMENT;

CYPRINUS CARPIO; GADUS MORHUA; PHOTOBACTERIA; POTATO VIRUS A; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0032934968     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(99)89011-2     Document Type: Article

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