Effect of mixtures of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and sediments on fluoranthene biodegradation patterns

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1246-1251

  Beckles, Denise M ^a   Ward, C Herb ^a   Hughes, Joseph B ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Fluoranthene; Mixtures; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sediments

Indexed keywords

FLUORANTHENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; MIXTURES; SEDIMENTS;

BIODEGRADATION;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032125181     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<1246:EOMOPA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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