The use of an oil absorber as a strategy to overcome starvation periods in degrading 1,2-dichloroethane in waste gas

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 673-686

  Koutinas, Michalis ^a   Baptista, Inês I R ^a   Peeva, Ludmila G ^a   Jorge, Ruben M Ferreira ^b   Livingston, Andrew G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

1,2 dichloroethane; Absorber; Bioscrubber; Fluorescence in situ hybridisation; Mathematical model; Starvation period

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY; WASTE TREATMENT;

1,2-DICHLOROETHANE; ABSORBERS; BIOSCRUBBERS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDISATION; STARVATION PERIOD;

BIOREACTORS;

1,2 DICHLOROETHANE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAS WASTE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; STARVATION;

ABSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; ETHYLENE DICHLORIDES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT OILS; XANTHOBACTER;

EID: 33947166712     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21133     Document Type: Article

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