Factors affecting the degradation of amoxicillin in composting toilet

Chemosphere

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2219-2224

  Kakimoto, Takashi ^a   Funamizu, Naoyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Antibiotics; Composting process; pH; Phosphate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; ENZYMES; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHATES; SOLUTIONS;

AMOXICILLIN; COMPOSTING PROCESS; REDUCTION RATE;

ANTIBIOTICS;

AMMONIA; AMOXICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; BUFFER; ENZYME; PHOSPHATE;

AMMONIA; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; ENZYMES; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHATES; SOLUTIONS;

AMMONIA; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BIOTIC FACTOR; COMPOSTING; DEGRADATION; ENZYME; PH; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FECES; FECES COMPOSITION; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PH; SANITATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 33846113452     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.09.060     Document Type: Article

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