Arsenic removal from groundwater by pretreated waste tea fungal biomass

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 483-487

  Murugesan, G S ^a,b   Sathishkumar, M ^b   Swaminathan, K ^b  

^a BANNARI AMMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Biosorption; Iron; Isotherm; Tea fungus

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; AUTOCLAVES; BEVERAGES; BIOMASS; FERMENTATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GROUND WATER POSES; METAL IONS; TEA FUNGUS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ARSENIC; FERROUS CHLORIDE; FERROUS ION; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BIOSORPTION; FERMENTATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGUS; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA; TEA FUNGUS; WATER TREATMENT;

ACETOBACTER; ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; BIOMASS; IRON; KINETICS; PICHIA; SYMBIOSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; FUNGI;

EID: 26444537976     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.03.008     Document Type: Article

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