Biological remediation of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon contaminated soils using Acinetobacter sp.

Energy Sources

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-176

  Joshi, Medha M ^a   Lee, Sunggyu ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter sp.; Bioremediation; Extraction chromatography; High performance liquid chromatography; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMBUSTION; COMPOSTING; CONTAMINATION; DECONTAMINATION; FERMENTATION; HAZARDS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMPURITIES; MICROORGANISMS; SOILS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

AIR STRIPPING; BIOLOGICAL REMEDIATION; CONTINUOUSLY STIRRED TANK REACTOR; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY; ELECTROKINETIC REMEDIATION; EXTRACTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOLVENT WASHING;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 0030106897     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908319608908757     Document Type: Article

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