Effective removal of Cryptosporidium by a novel bioflocculant

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 160-164

  Ghosh, Moushumi ^a   Pathak, Santosh ^a   Ganguli, Abhijit ^a  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Klebsiella; Novel bioflocculant; Polysaccharide; Terrigena

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FLOCCULATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYSACCHARIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; BIOFLOCCULANTS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYSTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; KLEBSIELLA; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TERRIGENA;

BIOMOLECULES;

BACTERIUM; COLLOID; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; PH; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTOZOAN;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; KLEBSIELLA; RAOULTELLA TERRIGENA;

EID: 60849107322     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X325818     Document Type: Article

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