Anaerobic formation and degradation of toxic aromatic compounds in agricultural and communal sewage deposits

Chemosphere

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2561-2568

  Hofmann, Klaus ^a   Hammer, Elke ^b  

^a URST Umwelt und Rohstoff Technologie GmbH Greifswald   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic formation; Degradation; Denitrification; P cresol; Phenol

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC FORMATION; PHENYLACETIC ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; PHENOLS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CRESOL; GELATIN; PHENOL; PHENYLACETIC ACID; SODIUM NITRATE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TYROSINE;

SEWAGE; SLUDGE;

AGRICULTURE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE;

AGRICULTURE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CRESOLS; GELATIN; GERMANY; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KINETICS; NITRATES; PHENOL; PHENYLACETATES; SEWAGE; TYROSINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033136180     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00463-9     Document Type: Article

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