Enhanced anaerobic benzene degradation with the addition of sulfate

Bioremediation Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 159-173

  Weiner, Jonathan M ^a   Lauck, Terry S ^b   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Sedimentology and Stratigraphy   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Chelator; Fe(III) reduction; Groundwater; Humic substances; Petroleum; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC GROUNDWATER; BENZENE DEGRADATION; BENZENE OXIDATION; BENZENE REMOVAL; CHELATOR; END-PRODUCTS; FE(III) REDUCTION; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; PRIMARY ELECTRONS; REMOVAL OF BENZENE; SEDIMENT COLUMN; SULFATE REDUCTION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRUDE OIL; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; METHANE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STOICHIOMETRY;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0000420284     PISSN: 10889868     EISSN: 15476529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10889869809380374     Document Type: Article

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