Evaluation of laboratory-made sludge for an anaerobic biodegradability test and its use for assessment of 13 chemicals

Chemosphere

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2007-2018

  Kawahara, Kazumi ^a   Yakabe, Yoshikuni ^a   Ohide, Tomohisa ^b   Kida, Kenji ^b  

^a CHEMICALS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic biodegradability; Biogas; Digested sludge; Laboratory made sludge

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY TESTS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGAS; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; FERMENTATION; METHANE; METHANOGENS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOGAS; METHANE; NITROPHENOL; TRICHLOROPHENOL DERIVATIVE;

BIODEGRADATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; FERMENTATION; LABORATORY; METHANOBACTERIUM; RELIABILITY; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ACETATES; ANAEROBIOSIS; BENZYL ALCOHOLS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; EURYARCHAEOTA; PHENOLS; SEWAGE; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 0033232016     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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