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Amritanshu Shriwastav1, Vaishali Ashok1, Jeenu Thomas1

  • 1Environmental Engineering and Management Program, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208 016, India.

Bioresource Technology
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PubMed

Keywords:
Algal-bacterial growth dynamicsMechanistic modelNutrient uptakePhotobioreactorSynergistic relationship

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