Specificity of Microbial Activities in the Reductive Dechlorination of Chlorinated Benzenes

Water Environment Research

Volumn 72, Issue 6-7, 2000, Pages 675-679

  Chen, I Ming ^a   Chang, Fang Cheng ^a   Chang, Bea Ven ^b   Wang, Yei Shung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chloramphenicol; Chlorobenzenes; Microbial activity; Reductive dechlorination

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CELL CULTURE; CHLORINATION; MICROORGANISMS; REDUCTION; SEDIMENTS; TROPICS;

BENZENE;

EID: 0034316104     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143000x138283     Document Type: Article

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