Azo-dye degradation in an anaerobic-aerobic treatment system operating on simulated textile effluent

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 249-254

  O'Neill, C ^a   Lopez, A ^b   Esteves, S ^a   Hawkes, F R ^a   Hawkes, D L ^a   Wilcox, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO DYE;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOLORIZATION; EFFLUENT; NONHUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

AZO DYE; DECOLORIZING; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

EID: 0033997518     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530050016     Document Type: Article

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