Biological treatments of textile industrial effluents in Lagos metropolis, Nigeria

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 497-502

  Ugoji, Esther O ^a   Aboaba, O O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth; Biodegradation; Effluent; Textile

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; TIN; ZINC;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ALCALIGENES; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; ENTEROBACTER; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROCOCCUS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WATER SAMPLING;

AFRICA; LAGOS [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; ALCALIGENES; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER SP.; GADUS MORHUA; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 4644293849     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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