Effect of incubation temperature on the route of microbial reductive dechlorination of 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorobiphenyl in polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-contaminated and PCB-free freshwater sediments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2836-2843

  Wu, Qingzhong ^a,c   Bedard, Donna L ^b   Wiegel, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOGENATION; ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SITING; TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030740421     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2836-2843.1997     Document Type: Article

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