Biological Decolorization of the Azo Dye Reactive Red 2 under Various Oxidation-Reduction Conditions

Water Environment Research

Volumn 72, Issue 6-7, 2000, Pages 698-705

  Beydilli, M Inan ^a   Pavlostathis, Spyros G ^a   Tincher, Wayne C ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biological transformation; Decolorization; Methanogenesis; Reactive azo dye; Reduction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DECOLORIZATION; BIOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; AZO DYES; METHANOGENS; REDOX REACTIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COLOR REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

METHANOBACTERIALES;

EID: 0034317360     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143000x138319     Document Type: Article

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