Morphological study of biomass during the start-up period of a fixed-bed anaerobic reactor treating domestic sewage

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 841-849

  Lima, Cláudio Antonio Andrade ^a   Ribeiro, Rogers ^b   Foresti, Eugenio ^b   Zaiat, Marcelo ^b  

^a Faculdades COC   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biofilm; Domestic sewage; Fixed bed reactor; Polyurethane foam

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; METHANOSAETA;

EID: 39349096798     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 16784324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132005000600020     Document Type: Article

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