Biodegradation of benzene toluene xylene in petrochemical industries wastewater through anaerobic sequencing biofilm batch reactor in bench scale

International Journal of Environmental Health Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Estebar, Maryam ^a   Amin, Mohammad Mehdi ^b   Poursafa, Parinaz ^b   Ghasemian, Mohammad ^b   Jaafarzadeh, Neamat ^c   Hashemi, Hassan ^b   Fatehizadeh, Ali ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

ASBBR; BTX; Petrochemical wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892279311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22779183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2277-9183.96145     Document Type: Article

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