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Effect of light intensity and wavelength on nitrogen and phosphate removal from municipal wastewater by microalgae under semi-batch cultivation

Mahsa Bahmana Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, Department of Life Science Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic
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Marjan Aghanooria Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, Department of Life Science Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic
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Hasan Jalilia Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, Department of Life Science Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, Islamic RepublicCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ali Bozorgb Biotechnology Department, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Soroosh Danaeec Biotechnology Department, Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
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Mehdi Esmaeili Bidhendid School of Environment, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Abdeltif Amranee Univ Rennes, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, CNRS, ISCR – UMR 6226, Rennes, FranceORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2622-2384
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Pages 1352-1358 | Received 11 Mar 2020, Accepted 18 Sep 2020, Published online: 13 Oct 2020

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