Use of ethylene and ethane as primary substrates for aerobic cometabolism of vinyl chloride

Water Environment Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 320-328

  Freedman, David L ^a   Herz, Steven D ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b Parsons Engineering Science   (United States)

Author keywords

biodegradation; cometabolism; ethane; ethylene; groundwater; remediation; trichloro ethylene; vinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; GROUNDWATER; METABOLISM; SUBSTRATES; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

AEROBIC COMETABOLISM; REMEDIATION; TRICHLOROETHYLENES; VINYL CHLORIDE;

HYDROCARBONS;

ETHANE; ETHYLENE; GROUND WATER; VINYL CHLORIDE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030152322     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143096X127767     Document Type: Article

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