Inhibition factor of ammonification in stored urine with fecal contamination

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1187-1192

  Hotta, S ^a   Funamizu, N ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fecal contamination; Free ammonia nitrogen; High pH; Inhibition factor; Salinity; Urea hydrolysis

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

AMMONIFICATION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FECES; HYDROLYSIS; PH; PH MEASUREMENT; SALINITY; URINE;

AMMONIA; FECES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; UREA; URINE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 55849125841     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.349     Document Type: Article

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