Anaerobic dechlorination of perchloroethylene (PCE) in soil by a dechlorinating microbial consortium

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 588-594

  Wu, Weimin ^a   Kitagawa, Masayoshi ^b   Taniguchi, Shin ^b   Jain, Mahendra K ^a  

^a MICHIGAN BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EBARA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Bioremediat ion; Dechlorination; Perchloroethytene; Soil; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROCARBONS; MICROORGANISMS; SOIL POLLUTION;

DECHLORINATION; PERCHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BIOREMEDIATION;

1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; ORGANIC MATTER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT;

EID: 0032432707     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(99)80012-9     Document Type: Article

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