Recent advances in polysaccharide bio-based flocculants

Biotechnology Advances - Tập 36 Số 1 - Trang 92-119 - 2018
Hossein Salehizadeh1, Ning Yan1,2, Ramin Farnood1
1Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College St., Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada
2Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks St., Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3B3, Canada

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