Use of immobilised Chlorella vulgaris for the removal of colour from textile dyes

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 641-648

  Chu, Wan Loy ^a,b   See, Yike Chu ^b   Phang, Siew Moi ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Chlorella vulgaris; Colour removal; Immobilised algae; Textile dyes

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 77349126290     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-008-9396-3     Document Type: Article

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