Temperature determines the pattern of anaerobic microbial dechlorination of Aroclor 1260 primed by 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorobiphenyl in Woods Pond sediment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4818-4825

  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

AROCLOR 1260; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030829140     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.12.4818-4825.1997     Document Type: Article

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