Decolorization of fresh and stored-black olive mill wastewaters by Geotrichum candidum

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 361-365

  Assas, N ^a,b   Ayed, L ^a   Marouani, L ^b   Hamdi, M ^a,c  

^a Ecole Superieure des Industries Alimentaires   (Tunisia)

^b Centre International De Technologie De l'Environnement De Tunis (CITET)   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Decolorization; Geotrichum candidum; Olive mill wastewaters; Phenolic compounds; Polymerization

Indexed keywords

GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM;

EID: 0036844588     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(02)00091-2     Document Type: Article

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