Biodegradation kinetics of benzene, toluene, and phenol as single and mixed substrates for Pseudomonas putida F1

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 385-400

  Reardon, Kenneth F ^a   Mosteller, Douglas C ^a,b   Bull Rogers, Julia D ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b CDM SMITH   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; Biodegradation kinetics; Mixed substrates; Phenol; Pseudomonas putida F1; Toluene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BENZENE; BIOREMEDIATION; ENZYME KINETICS; FERMENTATION; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHENOLS; TOLUENE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

INOCULUM MASS RATIO; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BIODEGRADATION;

BENZENE; PHENOL; TOLUENE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREMEDIATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGORITHMS; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TOLUENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0034238097     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0290(20000820)69:4<385::AID-BIT5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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