Rapid benzene degradation in methanogenic sediments from a petroleum- contaminated aquifer

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1937-1939

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; MICROORGANISMS; PHENOLS; SALTS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS;

ACETATE; ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; BENZENE MINERALIZATION; INCUBATION; METHANOGENIC SEDIMENT; PETROLEUM CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; PROPIONATE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BENZENE; GROUND WATER; PETROLEUM;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHANOGENESIS; MICROORGANISM; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032078793     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1937-1939.1998     Document Type: Article

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