Bioremediation of vegetable oil and grease from polluted wastewater using a sand biofilm system

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 551-557

  El Masry, Mohamed H ^a   El Bestawy, Ebtesam ^a   El Adl, Nawal I ^b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Quality Control Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; bioremediation; grease; oil; vegetable

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVUNDIMONAS; BREVUNDIMONAS DIMINUTA; GADUS MORHUA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 5444274656     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WIBI.0000043162.17813.17     Document Type: Article

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