Nitrifying activity monitoring and kinetic parameters determination in a biofilm airlift reactor by respirometry

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 2063-2066

  Carvallo, Lorena ^a   Carrera, Julián ^b   Chamy, Rolando ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Kinetic parameters; Monitoring; Nitrification; Respirometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036955405     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021375523879     Document Type: Article

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