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@article{Oswald2003MySY, title={My sixty years in applied algology}, author={William J. Oswald}, journal={Journal of Applied Phycology}, year={2003}, volume={15}, pages={99-106}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:19086008}}
  • W. Oswald
  • Published in Journal of Applied Phycology 1 March 2003
  • Biology, Environmental Science

Over these years my main area of research has been the design and operation of largescale cultures of microalgae that grow commensally with bacteria in rich organic media such as domestic sewage or some industrial wastes.

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