Complete reductive dechlorination of trichloroethene by a groundwater microbial consortium

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 829, Issue , 1997, Pages 97-102

  Bolesch, Douglas G ^a   Nielsen, R Brent ^a   Keasling, J D ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ETHYLENE; FORMIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GROUND WATER; METHANOL; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; INCUBATION TIME; SOIL TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031582855     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48568.x     Document Type: Article

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