Naphthalene and anthracene mineralization linked to oxygen, nitrate, Fe(III) and sulphate reduction in a mixed microbial population

Biodegradation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 321-329

  Ramsay, Juliana A ^a   Li, Hao ^a   Brown, R S ^a   Ramsay, Bruce A ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Polyferm Canada Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Mineralization; Naphthalene; Polyaromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTRONS; FLUORESCENCE; NAPHTHALENE; SEDIMENTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTORS (TEA);

BIODEGRADATION;

ANTHRACENE; COAL TAR; IRON; METHANE; NAPHTHALENE; NITRATE; OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFATE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIODEGRADATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NAPHTHALENE;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROCOSM; MINERALIZATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTHRACENES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ELECTRONS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; NAPHTHALENES; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SULFATES;

EID: 0141782450     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025620710581     Document Type: Article

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