Degradation of anionic surfactants by Citrobacter braakii

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1245-1250

  Dhouib, Abdelhafidh ^a   Hamad, Naïma ^a   Hassaïri, Ilem ^a   Sayadi, Sami ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Anionic surfactants; Bioaugmentation; Citrobacter braakii; Membrane bioreactor; Screening; Water recycling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER BRAAKII;

EID: 0038355295     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(02)00322-9     Document Type: Article

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