Contaminated environments in the subsurface and bioremediation: Organic contaminants

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 517-523

  Holliger, Christof ^a   Gaspard, Sarra ^a   Glod, Guy ^a   Heijman, Cornelis ^a   Schumacher, Wolfram ^a   Schwarzenbach, René P ^b   Vazquez, Francisco ^a  

^a Limnological Research Center   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic degradation; Bioremediation; Chlorinated compound; Hydrocar bon; Nitroaromatic compound; Organic contaminant; Reductive transformation; Subsurface microbiology

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CHLORINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; TRINITROTOLUENE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0030771763     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(97)00030-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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