Pilot-scale selenium bioremediation of San Joaquin drainage water with Thauera selenatis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3298-3303

  Cantafio, Alex W ^a   Hagen, Kari D ^a   Lewis, Greg E ^a   Bledsoe, Tracey L ^a   Nunan, Katrina M ^a,b   Macy, Joan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; NITRATE; SELENATE; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; NONHUMAN; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THAUERA SELENATIS;

EID: 0029840346     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3298-3303.1996     Document Type: Article

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