Research on polyhydroxyalkanoates and glycogen transformations: Key aspects to biologic nitrogen and phosphorus removal in low dissolved oxygen systems

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering in China

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 283-290

  Li, Hongjing ^a   Chen, Yinguang ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal; glycogen; low dissolved oxygen (DO); polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958038791     PISSN: 16737415     EISSN: 16737520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-010-0243-9     Document Type: Article

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