Bioaugmentation: Possible solution in the treatment of Bio-Refractory Organic Compounds (Bio-ROCs)

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 69, Issue , 2012, Pages 75-86

  Semrany, Samer ^a,b,c   Favier, Lidia ^a,b   Djelal, Hayet ^a,b,d   Taha, Samir ^c   Amrane, Abdeltif ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^c LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^d Ecole des Metiers de l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Bioaugmentation; Bioremediation; Biostimulation; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS; BIO-AUGMENTATION; BIO-REFRACTORY ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIOSTIMULATION; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; EMERGING POLLUTANTS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; OXIDATION BY-PRODUCTS; SOIL REMEDIATION; WATER SURFACE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

WATER POLLUTION;

BIOREFRACTORY ORGANIC COMPOUND; HORMONE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOAUGMENTATION; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; HYDROSPHERE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84866566123     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2012.08.017     Document Type: Review

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