Dechlorination of spiked PCBs in lake sediment by anaerobic microbial granules

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3013-3020

  Natarajan, M R ^a   Wu, Wei Min ^a   Wang, Henry ^a   Bhatnagar, Lakshmi ^a   Jain, Mahendra K ^a  

^a MICHIGAN BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic microbial granules; Bioremediation; Lake sediments; PCBs; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Reductive dechlorination

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; REMOVAL;

BIOREMEDIATION; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION;

SEDIMENTS;

AROCLOR 1254; CHLOROPHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; DECHLORINATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0032189724     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00057-8     Document Type: Article

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