Naphthalene mineralization coupled to sulfate reduction in aquifer- derived enrichments

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-218

  Bedessem, Marjorie E ^a   Swoboda Colberg, Norbert G ^b   Colberg, Patricia J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic biodegradation; Groundwater; Naphtalene; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; METHANE; MOLYBDATE SODIUM; NAPHTHALENE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030847221     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00199-7     Document Type: Article

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