Degradation of perchloroethylene and dichlorophenol by pulsed-electric discharge and bioremediation

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 438-444

  Yee, Dennis C ^a   Chauhan, Sadhana ^a   Yankelevich, Efim ^b   Bystritskii, Vitaly ^b   Wood, Thomas K ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Dichlorophenol degradation; Perchloroethylene degradation; Plasma discharge

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; DEHALOGENATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHENOLS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

BIOREMEDIATION; DECHLORINATION; DICHLOROPHENOL; PERCHLOROETHYLENE; PULSED ELECTRIC DISCHARGE (PED);

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; DECHLORINATION; DRUG DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; SOIL TREATMENT;

EID: 0032552154     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980820)59:4<438::AID-BIT6>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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