Controlled biomass formation and kinetics of toluene degradation in a bioscrubber and in a reactor with a periodically moved trickle-bed

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 686-692

  Wubker S M ^a   Laurenzis, A ^a   Werner, U ^a   Friedrich, C ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass formation; Bioscrubber; Tolouene degradation; Trickle bed

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE; GASES; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; REACTION KINETICS; TOLUENE; WASTES;

BIOMASS FORMATION; BIOSCRUBBER; TRICKLE BED;

BIODEGRADATION;

TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG DEGRADATION; GAS WASTE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0342547011     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970820)55:4<686::AID-BIT10>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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