Treatment of Benzene-Contaminated Airstreams in Laboratory-Scale Biofilters Packed with Raw and Sieved Sugarcane Bagasse and with Peat
- 1 April 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Biodegradation
- Vol. 15 (2) , 87-96
Abstract
Three identical upflow laboratory-scale biofilters, inoculated with thebenzene-degrading strain Pseudomonassp. NCIMB 9688 but filled up with different packing media (PM), specifically raw sugarcane...Keywords
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