A Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic analysis of organic matter degradation in a bench-scale solid substrate fermentation (composting) system

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 661-671

  Tseng, David Y ^a,c   Vir, Rahul ^a   Traina, Sam J ^b   Chalmers, Jeffery J ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

biodegradation; composting; FTIR; solid substrate fermentation and waste treatment

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; COMPOSTING; CURVE FITTING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOISTURE; OXYGEN; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; SOLID SUBSTRATE FERMENTATION;

FERMENTATION;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; FERMENTATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 10544229787     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19961220)52:6<661::AID-BIT4>3.3.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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