Anaerobic benzene degradation in petroleum-contaminated aquifer sediments after inoculation with a benzene-oxidizing enrichment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 775-778

  Weiner, Jonathan M ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; PETROLEUM;

AQUIFER; BENZENE; REMEDIATION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BENZENE; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031889351     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.2.775-778.1998     Document Type: Article

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