African Journal of
Microbiology Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0808
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJMR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 5233

Full Length Research Paper

Effect of bacteria biomass detachment on the ammonium oxidation yield

Ben Rajeb Asma*
  • Ben Rajeb Asma*
  • Wastewater Treatment Laboratory, Water Research and Technologies, Route Touristique de Soliman, P.O. Box 273, 8020 Soliman, Tunisia
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Mehri Ines
  • Mehri Ines
  • Wastewater Treatment Laboratory, Water Research and Technologies, Route Touristique de Soliman, P.O. Box 273, 8020 Soliman, Tunisia
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Nasr Houda
  • Nasr Houda
  • Wastewater Treatment Laboratory, Water Research and Technologies, Route Touristique de Soliman, P.O. Box 273, 8020 Soliman, Tunisia
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Fievez Thierry
  • Fievez Thierry
  • Univ. Liege - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech. Laboratoire d?Ecologie Microbienne et d?Epuration des Eaux. Avenue Marechal Juin, 27. Bat. 52. B-5030 Gembloux, Belgique
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Hassen Abdennasser
  • Hassen Abdennasser
  • Wastewater Treatment Laboratory, Water Research and Technologies, Route Touristique de Soliman, P.O. Box 273, 8020 Soliman, Tunisia
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Culot Marc
  • Culot Marc
  • Univ. Liege - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech. Laboratoire d?Ecologie Microbienne et d?Epuration des Eaux. Avenue Marechal Juin, 27. Bat. 52. B-5030 Gembloux, Belgique
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  •  Received: 20 December 2013
  •  Accepted: 02 June 2014
  •  Published: 12 November 2014

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