Chlorophenol dechlorination and subsequent degradation in denitrifying microcosms fed low concentrations of nitrate

Biodegradation

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 425-434

  Sanford, Robert A ^a   Tiedje, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

anaerobic degradation; denitrification chlorophenols; reductive dechlorination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030427404     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00056426     Document Type: Article

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