A modified method to determine biomass concentration as COD in pure cultures and in activated sludge systems

Water SA

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 463-467

  Contreras, Edgardo M ^a   Bertola, Nora C ^a,b   Giannuzzi, Leda ^a   Zaritzky, Noemi E ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS (VSS);

WATER RESOURCES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MEMBRANE; MICROORGANISM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GADIDAE; GADUS MORHUA; SPHAEROTILUS; SPHAEROTILUS NATANS;

EID: 0036806075     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v28i4.4920     Document Type: Article

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