Evaluation of microbiological and physicochemical indicators for wastewater treatment

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-249

  Howard, I ^a   Espigares, E ^a   Lardelli, P ^a   Martin J L ^b   Espigares, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Emasagra EDAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coliforms; Fecal streptococci; Indicators; Pseudomonas; Salmonella; Soluble proteins; Spectral analysis; Total Proteins; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN; PROTEINS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD); PROTEIN CONTENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; FAT; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS;

WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; GROWTH INHIBITION; HETEROTROPHY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLATE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; PROTEIN CONTENT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA; SOLID WASTE; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUSPENSION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LINEAR MODELS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEINS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEWAGE; SPAIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TOXICITY TESTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CLOSTRIDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GADUS MORHUA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 3042616093     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20016     Document Type: Article

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