Microalgal bacterial floc properties are improved by a balanced inorganic/organic carbon ratio

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 549-558

  Van Den Hende, Sofie ^a,b   Vervaeren, Han ^a   Saveyn, Hans ^b   Maes, Guy ^a   Boon, Nico ^b  

^a Hogeschool West Vlaanderen   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Flocs; Greenhouse gas mitigation; Microalgae; Photosynthetic aeration

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; FLOCS; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; MICRO-ALGAE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC AERATION;

ALGAE; BACTERIOLOGY; CHLOROPHYLL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXYGEN; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BICARBONATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; MICROALGA; PH; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; MICROALGAE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78751529621     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22985     Document Type: Article

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