Trichloroethylene and methane feeding strategies to sustain degradation by methanotrophic enrichments

Water Environment Research

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1066-1074

  Walter, Gunter A ^a,c   Strand, Stuart E ^c   Herwig, Russell P ^c   Treat, Tanya P ^b,c   Stensel, H David ^c  

^a HART CROWSER INC   (United States)

^b Udaloy Environmental Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Methane; Methanotrophs; Toxicity; Trichlorocthylene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENTS; ENZYMES; METHANE; OXIDATION; POTABLE WATER; STANDARDS; TOXICITY;

METHANOTROPHS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

DRINKING WATER; METHANE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031238586     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143097X125786     Document Type: Article

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