Dehydrogenase activity as a method for monitoring the composting process

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 905-908

  Barrena, Raquel ^a   Vázquez, Felícitas ^b   Sánchez, Antoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Fundació Estudis Medi Ambient ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Composting; Dehydrogenase activity; Organic fraction of municipal solid waste; Respiration index; Waste treatment

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; CORRELATION METHODS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; SOLID WASTES;

DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RESPIRATION INDEX;

WASTE TREATMENT;

OXIDOREDUCTASE;

COMPOSTING; CORRELATION METHODS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; SOLID WASTES; WASTE TREATMENT;

COMPOSTING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MONITORING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RESPIRATION;

ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 36049030316     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.01.027     Document Type: Article

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