Developments in microbial methods for the treatment of dye effluents

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2004, Pages 185-213

  Kuhad, R C ^a   Sood, N ^a   Tripathi, K K ^b   Singh, A ^c   Ward, O P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b Ministry of Science and Technology   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADSORPTION; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; BIOSORPTION; BLEACHING; DECOLORIZATION; EFFLUENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLOCCULATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; ION EXCHANGE; IRRADIATION; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OZONATION; PHANEROCHAETE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; YEAST;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHANEROCHAETE;

EID: 9644303306     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2164(04)56006-9     Document Type: Article

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