The function of a toluene-degrading bacterial community in a waste gas trickling filter

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 131-137

  Pedersen, Anne R ^a,b   Arvin, Erik ^b  

^a Intl Agency for 14C Determination   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

AQUASIM; Biofilm; Computer simulation; Modeling; Pseudomonas putida; Toluene degrading bacteria

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RNA; TOLUENE; TRICKLING FILTRATION;

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TOLUENE DEGRADING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA;

CARBON; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA 16S; TOLUENE;

BIOFILM; TRICKLING FILTER; WATER TREATMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAS WASTE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RNA PROBE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0033011898     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00160-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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