Cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris and Arthrospira platensis with recovered phosphorus from wastewater by means of zeolite sorption

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 4250-4264

  Markou, Giorgos ^a   Depraetere, Orily ^b   Vandamme, Dries ^b   Muylaert, Koenraad ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cyanobacteria; Microalgae; Nutrient recycling; Phosphorus; Wastewater treatment; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; LIPID; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN; ZEOLITE; WASTE WATER;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES CULTIVATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ADSORPTION; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SPIRULINA; WASTE WATER;

ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CYANOBACTERIA;

ADSORPTION; BIOMASS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; KINETICS; PHOSPHORUS; SPIRULINA; WASTE WATER; ZEOLITES;

EID: 84923082665     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms16024250     Document Type: Article

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