Geochemical and physiological evidence for mixed aerobic and anaerobic field biodegradation of coal tar waste by subsurface microbial communities

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 107-117

  Bakermans, C ^a,b   Hohnstock Ashe, A M ^a,c   Padmanabhan, S ^a   Padmanabhan, P ^a,d   Madsen, E L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Bioremedial Technologies   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROORGANISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

COAL;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COAL; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036690823     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-002-3011-y     Document Type: Article

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