Vermistabilization of textile mill sludge spiked with poultry droppings by an epigeic earthworm Eisenia foetida

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1063-1071

  Garg, V K ^a   Kaushik, Priya ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass growth; C:N ratio; Cocoon production; Eisenia foetida; Heavy metals; Poultry droppings; Solid textile mill sludge; Vermistabilization

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPOSTING; GROWTH KINETICS; HEAVY METALS; PHOSPHORUS; REDUCTION;

COCOON PRODUCTION; SOLID TEXTILE MILL SLUDGE (STMS); VERMICOMPOST; VERMISTABILIZATION;

TEXTILE MILLS;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; ZINC;

BIOREMEDIATION; MANURE; SLUDGE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREMEDIATION; EARTHWORM; GROWTH; MANURE; SLUDGE; VERMICULTURE;

ARTICLE; COW; EARTHWORM; GENETIC RESOURCE; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; VERMICOMPOST; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANURE; OLIGOCHAETA; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE; SOIL; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

BIOMASS; COMPOSTING; GROWTH; HEAVY METALS; REDUCTION; TEXTILES;

EID: 12844254425     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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