Potential of duckweed in the conversion of wastewater nutrients to valuable biomass: A pilot-scale comparison with water hyacinth

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 163, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-91

  Zhao, Yonggui ^a,b,c   Fang, Yang ^a,b   Jin, Yanling ^a,b   Huang, Jun ^a,b   Bao, Shu ^a,b,c   Fu, Tian ^a,b   He, Zhiming ^d   Wang, Feng ^e   Zhao, Hai ^a,b  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences   (China)

^e Chengdu Pharmmate Technology Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Duckweed; Rhizosphere microbial community; Valuable biomass; Wastewater nutrients; Water hyacinth

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENTS; RECOVERY; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; DUCKWEED; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NITROGEN FIXING BACTERIA; RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS; RHIZOSPHERE MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM; WATER HYACINTH;

BIOMASS;

AMINO ACID; CARBON; CELLULOSE; FLAVONOID; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN; WASTE WATER;

AQUATIC PLANT; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOSPHORUS; RHIZOSPHERE; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; LEMNA; LEMNA JAPONICA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; RHIZOSPHERE BACTERIUM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; EICHHORNIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; WASTE WATER;

BIOMASS; EICHHORNIA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PILOT PROJECTS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84899551160     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.04.018     Document Type: Article

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