Anaerobic Mineralization of Toluene by Enriched Sediments with Quinones and Humus as Terminal Electron Acceptors

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4471-4478

  Cervantes, Francisco J ^a   Dijksma, Wouter ^a   Duong Dac, Tuan ^a   Ivanova, Anna ^a   Lettinga, Gatze ^a   Field, Jim A ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE 2,6 DISULFONATE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRAQUINONE-2,6-DISULFONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FRESH WATER; TOLUENE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANTHRAQUINONES; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; TOLUENE; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0035487197     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.10.4471-4478.2001     Document Type: Article

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