Enhanced nutrient removal from municipal wastewater assisted by mixotrophic microalgal cultivation using glycerol

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 10114-10123

  Gupta, Prabuddha L ^a   Choi, Hee Jeong ^a   Lee, Seung Mok ^a  

^a Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomass; Lipids; Microalgae; Mixotrophy; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CULTIVATION; LIPID; MICROALGA; MIXOTROPHY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUTRIENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

CHLORELLA VULGARIS; NANNOCHLOROPSIS OCULATA;

CHLOROPHYLL; GLYCEROL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; VEGETABLE OIL; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYLL; GLYCEROL; LIPID METABOLISM; MICROALGAE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT OILS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84957641481     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6224-1     Document Type: Article

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