Biodegradation of organic compounds sequestered in organic solids or in nanopores within silica particles

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2215-2221

  Hatzinger, Paul B ^a   Alexander, Martin ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Nanopores; Partitioning; Sequestration

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ALGINATE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; MINERALIZATION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL POLLUTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXICOKINETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0030814946     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<2215:BOOCSI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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