Liquid state bioconversion of sewage treatment plant sludge in batch fermenter and shake flask

Artificial Cells, Blood Substitutes, and Immobilization Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 485-500

  Alam, Md Zahangir ^a,b   Fakhru'l Razi, A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Batch fermenter; Biodegradation; Biosolids accumulation; Fungal treatment; Wastewater sludge

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; FERMENTATION; FUNGI; PROTEINS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

FERMENTER; FUNGAL CULTURE; PENICILLIUM CORYLOPHILUM; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT (STP);

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BATCH FERMENTATION; BATCH REACTOR; BIOSOLID; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; LIQUID; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CORYLOPHILUM; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE TREATMENT;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; FERMENTATION; PENICILLIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CORYLOPHILUM;

EID: 5444221115     PISSN: 10731199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/BIO-200027526     Document Type: Article

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