Anaerobic benzene biodegradation linked to nitrate reduction

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 529-533

  Burland, Siobhan M ^a   Edwards, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SOIL; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 0033050590     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.2.529-533.1999     Document Type: Article

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