Simultaneous removal of nitrate and atrazine from groundwater

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 49-56

  Katz, I ^a   Dosoretz, C ^b   Ruskol, Y ^a   Green, M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atrazine degradation; Nitrate removal; Pseudomonas ADP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHEMOSTATS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ATRAZINE; CONTINUOUS REACTOR; PSEUDOMONAS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

ATRAZINE; GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; FLUIDIZED BED; PSEUDOMONAS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP. ADP;

EID: 0033943759     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2000.0424     Document Type: Conference Paper

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