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Original Articles

Study of azo dye decolorization and determination of cathode microorganism profile in air-cathode microbial fuel cells

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Pages 2167-2175 | Received 16 Aug 2011, Accepted 04 Jan 2012, Published online: 15 Mar 2012

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