Fate of enterococci in composted sewage sludge

Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-32

  Paluszak, Zbigniew ^a   Bauza Kaszewska, Justyna ^a   Ligocka, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Composting; Enterococci; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; NONHUMAN; SAWDUST; SLUDGE; STRAW; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP D; SUSPENSION; TECHNOLOGY; TUBE;

ENTEROCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP D';

EID: 3042785515     PISSN: 00424870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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