A laboratory study of the bioremediation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene- contaminated soil using aerobic/anoxic soil slurry reactor

Water Environment Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 80-86

  Boopathy, Ramaraj ^a   Manning, John ^a   Kulpa, Charles F ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Dinitrotoluene; Explosives; Munitions; Soil slurry reactor; Trinitrotoluene

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BACTERIA; BENZENE; BIOCONVERSION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; METABOLITES; MOLASSES; TOLUENE;

AEROBIC/ANOXIC SOIL SLURRY REACTORS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BUTANEDIOL; NITROTOLUENE; SOIL REMEDIATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EXPLOSIVE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTOR; REMEDIATION; SLURRY; SOIL;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031889711     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143098X126919     Document Type: Article

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