Biological treatment of contaminated air with toluene in an airlift reactor

Electronic Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Vergara Fernández, Alberto O ^a   Quiroz, Erich F ^a,d   Aroca, Germán E ^b   Alarcón Pulido, Nelson A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE TEMUCO   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA METROPOLITANA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Airlift bioreactors; Biofiltration; Bioscrubbers; Toluene

Indexed keywords

TOLUENE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN;

EID: 55449095922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07173458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2225/vol11-issue4-fulltext-10     Document Type: Article

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