Oxidative biodegradation of dissolved organic matter during composting

Chemosphere

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1030-1040

  Said Pullicino, D ^a   Gigliotti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biochemical analysis; Biodegradability; Compost stability; Microbial respiration; Oxygen demand; Specific oxygen uptake rate

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; CARBOHYDRATES; COMPOSTING; HYDROPHILICITY; MICROORGANISMS; PROTEINS;

BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOST STABILITY; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; OXYGEN DEMAND; SPECIFIC OXYGEN UPTAKE RATE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE;

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBOHYDRATES; COMPOSTING; HYDROPHILICITY; MICROORGANISMS; PROTEINS;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; RESPIRATION;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; COLORIMETRY; COMPOSTING; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTEIN CONTENT;

EID: 34247272471     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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