Use of fungi to improve bioconversion of activated sludge

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2935-2943

  Mannan, Sarkar ^a,c   Fakhru'l Razi, A ^a   Alam, Md Zahangir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c C/o Dr Jubaida Rumana ^*  (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Adaptation; Bioconversion; Dewaterability; Domestic wastewater sludge; Filamentous fungi

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; BIODEGRADATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; FILTRATION; PH EFFECTS; REMOVAL; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (DWTP); ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; SLUDGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY;

FUNGI;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEWATERING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACIDITY; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FILTRATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; INOCULATION; MICROORGANISM; PENICILLIUM; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; TURBIDITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CORYLOPHILUM;

EID: 22944471109     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.04.074     Document Type: Article

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