Acknowledgement We thank Dr. Neetin Desai, Director, Amity Institute of Biotechnology,
Amity University Mumbai, for infrastructural support. We also acknowledge graduate students
Denice Peter and Anuskha Nair for their help in literature survey. The authors also thank Dr. Nilesh
Wagh for his editorial help in writing the chapter.
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Denice Peter and Anuskha Nair for their help in literature survey. The authors also thank Dr. Nilesh
Wagh for his editorial help in writing the chapter.
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Adachi T, Ando S, Watanabe J (2002) Characterization of synthetic adsorbents with fine particle
sizes for preparative-scale chromatographic separation. J Chromatogr A 944:41–59
Aksu Z, Gönen F (2004) Biosorption of phenol by immobilized activated sludge in a continuous
packed bed: prediction of breakthrough curves. Process Biochem 39:599–613
Benyahia F, Jones L (1997) Scale effects on hydrodynamic and mass transfer characteristics of
external loop airlift reactors. J Chem Technol Biotechnol 69:301–308
Bijan L, Mohseni M (2005) Integrated ozone and biotreatment of pulp mill effluent and changes in
biodegradability and molecular weight distribution of organic compounds. Water Res
39:3763–3772
Brenner A, Ben-Shushan N, Siegel M, Merchuk J (1997) Pilot plant performance and model
calibration of a sequencing batch air-lift reactor. Water Sci Technol 35:121–127
Cabello FC (2006) Heavy use of prophylactic antibiotics in aquaculture: a growing problem for
human and animal health and for the environment. Environ Microbiol 8:1137–1144
Champagne P, Liu L, Howell M (2017) Aerobic treatment in cold-climate countries. In: Current
developments in biotechnology and bioengineering. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp 161–201
Chan YJ, Chong MF, Law CL, Hassell D (2009) A review on anaerobic–aerobic treatment of
industrial and municipal wastewater. Chem Eng J 155:1–18
Chang I-S, Le Clech P, Jefferson B, Judd S (2002) Membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors for
wastewater treatment. J Environ Eng 128:1018–1029
Charpentier J-C (1981) Mass-transfer rates in gas-liquid absorbers and reactors. In: Advances in
chemical engineering, vol 11. Elsevier, pp 1–133
Chihara K, Suzuki M, Kawazoe K (1978) Adsorption rate on molecular sieving carbon by
chromatography. AICHE J 24:237–246
Cooney DO (1998) Adsorption design for wastewater treatment. CRC press
Cozma P, Gavrilescu M (2010) Airlift reactors: hydrodynamics, mass transfer and applications in
environmental remediation. Environ Eng Manag J 9:681–702
Díaz-Cruz MS, Barceló D (2005) LC–MS2 trace analysis of antimicrobials in water, sediment and
soil. TrAC Trends Anal Chem 24:645–657
Dotto G, Pinto L (2011) Adsorption of food dyes acid blue 9 and food yellow 3 onto chitosan:
stirring rate effect in kinetics and mechanism. J Hazard Mater 187:164–170
Gennaro R, Skerlavaj B, Romeo D (1989) Purification, composition, and activity of two
bactenecins, antibacterial peptides of bovine neutrophils. Infect Immun 57:3142–3146
Ghorai S, Pant K (2005) Equilibrium, kinetics and breakthrough studies for adsorption of fluoride
on activated alumina. Sep Purif Technol 42:265–271
Guiochon G (2002) Preparative liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr A 965:129–161
Hammer DA (1992) Designing constructed wetlands systems to treat agricultural nonpoint source
pollution. Ecol Eng 1:49–82
Hassaan MA, El Nemr A (2017) Health and environmental impacts of dyes: mini review. Am J
Environ Sci Eng 1:64–67
Høibye L, Clauson-Kaas J, Wenzel H, Larsen HF, Jacobsen BN, Dalgaard O (2008) Sustainability
assessment of advanced wastewater treatment technologies. Water Sci Technol 58:963–968
Huang T-K, McDonald KA (2009) Bioreactor engineering for recombinant protein production in
plant cell suspension cultures. Biochem Eng J 45:168–184
Hubbuch J, Thömmes J, Kula M-R (2005) Biochemical engineering aspects of expanded bed
adsorption. In: Technology transfer in biotechnology. Springer, pp 101–123
312
A. S. Gupta et al.