Microbial reductive dechlorination of Aroclor 1260 in anaerobic slurries of estuarine sediments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1052-1058

  Wu, Qingzhong ^a   Sowers, Kevin R ^b   May, Harold D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR 1260; TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DECHLORINATION; ESTUARY; METHANOGENESIS; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0031931875     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.3.1052-1058.1998     Document Type: Article

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