Mesophilic composting of food waste and bacterial pathogen reduction

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 267-274

  Dincer S ^a   Guvenmez H ^a   Colak O ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Composting; Food wastes; Pathogen elimination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS;

EID: 0347589431     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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