Relationship between the concentration of denitrifiers and Pseudomonas spp. in soils: Implications for BTX bioremediation

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3139-3145

  Vermace, Michael E ^a   Christensen, Rodney F ^a,b   Parkin, Gene F ^a   Alvarez, Pedro J J ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b GEI Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer restoration; BTX; Denitrification; Microbial ecology

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; MICROORGANISMS; NITRATES; TOLUENE; WATER BACTERIOLOGY; XYLENE;

AQUIFER MICROCOSMS; AQUIFER RESTORATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DENITRIFIERS; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY;

WATER TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID; NITRATE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DENITRIFICATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL; SOIL TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0030456442     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00160-1     Document Type: Article

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