Microbial Removal of the Pharmaceutical Compounds Ibuprofen and Diclofenac from Wastewater

Studies on the occurrence of pharmaceuticals show that the widely used pharmaceuticals ibuprofen and diclofenac are present in relevant concentrations in the environment. A pilot plant treating hospital wastewater with relevant concentrations of these pharmaceuticals was evaluated for its performanc...

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Main Authors: Alette Langenhoff, Nadia Inderfurth, Teun Veuskens, Gosse Schraa, Marco Blokland, Katarzyna Kujawa-Roeleveld, Huub Rijnaarts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/325806