Wastewater-grown duckweed may be safely used as fish feed

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-56

  Islam, M S ^a   Kabir, M S ^b   Khan, S I ^b   Ekramullah, M ^c   Nair, G B ^a   Sack, R B ^d   Sack, D A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c PRISM Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Duckweed; Fish feed; Safety; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FERTILIZERS; FISH PONDS; FISHERIES; HEALTH HAZARDS; HOSPITALS; PATHOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL FERTILIZER; FAECAL COLIFORM; HOSPITAL-BASED WASTEWATER; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; WASTEWATER-GROWN DUCKWEED;

WASTEWATER;

AQUATIC PLANT; FECAL COLIFORM; FISH CULTURE; FOOD ORGANISM; POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ARACEAE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FISHES; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEMNA;

EID: 1942506487     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w03-102     Document Type: Article

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