In vitro studies on reductive vinyl chloride dehalogenation by an anaerobic mixed culture

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4139-4144

  Rosner, Bettina M ^a   McCarty, Perry L ^a   Spormann, Alfred M ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTAMINATION; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOGENATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; HEALTH HAZARD; ILLUMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0030707517     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4139-4144.1997     Document Type: Article

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