ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADABILITY OF POLYVINYL-ALCOHOL

Authors
MATSUMURA S KURITA H SHIMOKOBE H
Citation
S. Matsumura et al., ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADABILITY OF POLYVINYL-ALCOHOL, Biotechnology letters, 15(7), 1993, pp. 749-754
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01415492
Volume
15
Issue
7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
749 - 754
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-5492(1993)15:7<749:ABOP>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Biodegradability of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) under anaerobic conditions was demonstrated using anaerobic river sediments and anaerobically tr eated activated sludge from a sewage treatment plant. PVA having molec ular weights of 2000 and 14000 was over 60% biodegraded as determined by TOC.