Effects of nitrate and acetate availability on chloroform production during carbon tetrachloride destruction

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 551-557

  Sherwood, Juli L ^a   Petersen, James N ^a   Skeen, Rodney S ^b   Valentine, Nancy B ^b  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

acetate; bioremediation; carbon tetrachloride; chloroform; denitrify; nitrate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCONVERSION; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DENITRIFICATION; ESTERS; NITRATES; REACTION KINETICS;

ACETATE; BACTERIAL CONSORTIUM; CHLOROFORM; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONOR; END PRODUCT; NITRITE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MICROORGANISM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0030571068     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960905)51:5<551::AID-BIT7>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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