African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Reduction of organic load from palm oil mill effluent (POME) using selected fungal strains isolated from POME dump sites

Suseela Lanka
  • Suseela Lanka
  • Department of Biotechnology, Krishna University, Machilipatnam, 521001, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Muralidhar Pydipalli
  • Muralidhar Pydipalli
  • Vimta Labs, Cherlapally, Hyderabad, 500 007, Telangana, India.
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  •  Received: 02 December 2016
  •  Accepted: 08 November 2017
  •  Published: 05 September 2018

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