Humic acids as electron acceptors for anaerobic microbial oxidation of vinyl chloride and dichloroethene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3102-3105

  Bradley, Paul M ^a   Chapelle, Francis H ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMIC ACID; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DECHLORINATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHANOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0031879093     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.8.3102-3105.1998     Document Type: Article

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