Nitrate, ammonium, and phosphate uptake by the immobilized cells of Dunaliella salina

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-78

  Thakur, A ^a,b   Kumar, H D ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CELL DENSITY; EFFLUENT; EUTROPHICATION; IMMOBILIZED CELL; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE, GREEN; BIOREACTORS; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; DUNALIELLA SALINA; SALINA;

EID: 0032952518     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900843     Document Type: Article

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