Aquatic plant Azolla as the universal feedstock for biofuel production

Table 1 Nutrients removal from SeSW by Azolla filiculoides

SeSW	Final biomass, gDW	NH₄ uptake				PO₄ uptake				NO₃ uptake
SeSW	Final biomass, gDW	NH4, mg/L, final	NH4 uptake, %	NH4 uptake rate, mg/L-day	NH4 uptake, mg/g DW-day	PO4-, mg/L, final	PO4-P uptake, %	PO4-P uptake rate, mg/L- day	PO4- uptake, mg/gDW-day	NO3-, mg/L, final	NO3-uptake, %	NO3-uptake rate, mg/L-day	NO3- uptake, mg/gDW-day
100 %	0.3 ± 0.01	43.9 ± 7.9	25.4 ± 8.9	2.96 ± 0.5	9.8 ± 2.2	914.21 ± 65.9	24.3 ± 4.3	58.4 ± 8.2	194 ± 42.9*	5.2 ± 0.3	69.5 ± 10.8	2.4 ± 0.1	7.9 ± 2.5*
50 %	0.3 ± 0.01	25.4 ± 5.5	33.4 ± 12	2.6 ± 0.9	8.4 ± 3.9	330.9 ± 23.0	39.8 ± 5.4	43.6 ± 7.9	145.1 ± 11*	0.6 ± 0.2	93.1 ± 9.8	1.62 ± 0.08	5.37 ± 1.1*

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