Effect of soil moisture on bioremediation of chlorophenol-contaminated soil

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 915-919

  Cho, Young Gyun ^a   Rhee, Sung Keun ^b   Lee, Sung Taik ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Chlorophenols; Microcosm; Oxygen; Soil

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHENOL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT;

EID: 0033918351     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005612232079     Document Type: Article

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