Studies on biodegradation of phenols and m-cresols by upflow anaerobic sludge blanket and aerobic sequential batch reactor

Global Nest Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-46

  Farooqi, I H ^a   Basheer, F ^a   Ahmad, T ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerobic; Cresol; Granulation; Phenol; Sequencing batch reactor

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149088289     PISSN: 11084006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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