Column studies of biodegradation of mixtures of tetrachloroethene and carbon tetrachloride

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 4161-4168

  Kaseros, Vasilios B ^a   Sleep, Brent E ^a   Bagley, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bioremediation; Carbon; Chloroform; Inh ibition; Mixtures; Tetrachloride; Tetrachloroethene

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; METHANE;

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; TETRACHLOROETHENE;

BINARY MIXTURES;

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; KINETICS; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0034579027     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(00)00181-0     Document Type: Article

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