Enrichment and properties of a 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene-dechlorinating methanogenic microbial consortium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1225-1229

  Middeldorp, Peter J M ^a   De Wolf, Johan ^a   Zehnder, Alexander J B ^a,b   Schraa, Gosse ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CHLOROBENZENE; FORMIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HYDROGEN; LACTIC ACID; METHANOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID; TRICHLOROBENZENE;

ARTICLE; DECHLORINATION; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT;

METHANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0030907722     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1225-1229.1997     Document Type: Article

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