Enhanced Bacillus thuringiensis production from sewage sludge with alkaline and ultrasonic pretreatments

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 186, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 75-84

  Chang, Ming ^a,b   Zhou, Shun Gui ^a,b,c   Lu, Na ^a   Ni, Jin Ren ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOIL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline pretreatment; Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki; Biopesticide; Sewage sludge; Ultrasonic pretreatment; Waste reuse

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; METABOLISM; NUTRIENTS; PESTICIDES; ULTRASONICS;

ALKALINE PRETREATMENT; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SUBSP. KURSTAKI; ENTOMOTOXICITY; ULTRASONIC PRETREATMENTS; WASTE REUSE;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ALKALI; ENDOTOXIN; PESTICIDE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; METABOLISM; NUTRIENTS; PESTICIDES; SEWAGE SLUDGE; ULTRASONICS;

ALKALINITY; BACTERIUM; BIOPESTICIDE; FERMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; OPTIMIZATION; TOXICITY; TOXIN; ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOREACTOR; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENERGY; EVALUATION; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; ULTRASOUND;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI;

EID: 35148871693     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9466-1     Document Type: Article

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