Factors affecting mass transfer limited biodegradation in saturated porous media

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 99-120

  Simoni, Stefano F ^a,b   Schäfer, Anke ^a,b   Harms, Hauke ^a,b,c   Zehnder, Alexander J B ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biodegradation; Groundwater; Mass transfer; Pollutants; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; ENZYME KINETICS; MASS TRANSFER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

SATURATED POROUS MEDIA;

MESOPOROUS MATERIALS;

GROUND WATER;

BIODEGRADATION; MASS TRANSFER; NUTRIENT; SATURATED MEDIUM;

BIODEGRADATION; MASS TRANSFER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATED ZONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; MASS TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANISOLES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FORECASTING; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RHODOCOCCUS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS;

EID: 0034981218     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(01)00099-7     Document Type: Article

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