Phycoremediation of Tannery Wastewater Using Microalgae Scenedesmus Species

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 907-916

  Ajayan, Kayil Veedu ^a   Selvaraju, Muthusamy ^a   Unnikannan, Pachikaran ^a   Sruthi, Palliyath ^b  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT   (India)

Author keywords

FT IR; phycoremediation; Scenedesmus; SEM EDS analysis; tannery

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; SCENEDESMUS;

BIOFUEL; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEATHER INDUSTRY; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCENEDESMUS; SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; MICROALGAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SCENEDESMUS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TANNING; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84938226077     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2014.989313     Document Type: Article

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