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Kang Song1,2, Toshikazu Suenaga1, Willie F Harper3

  • 1Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan.

Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
|August 14, 2015
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Aeration rateGlycerolInternal recycle flow ratioMicrobial community structureModified Ludzak–Ettinger processesN2O-reducing bacteriaNitrous oxide

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