Reductive dechlorination of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) isomers in soil under anaerobic conditions

Biodegradation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-290

  Middeldorp, Peter J M ^a   Van Doesburg, Wim ^a   Schraa, Gosse ^a   Stams, Alfons J M ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Environmental conditions; Hexachlorocyclohexane; Reductive dechlorination; Soil columns

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; ISOMERS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; OPTIMIZATION; SOILS;

CHLOROBENZENE; ELECTRON DONORS; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE (HCH);

DECHLORINATION;

ACETIC ACID; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HYDROGEN; METHANOL; PROPIONIC ACID;

BIODEGRADATION; DECHLORINATION; REMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DECHLORINATION; ISOMER; LEACHING; NETHERLANDS; REDUCTION; SAMPLING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE; YEAST;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLORINE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; LINDANE; NETHERLANDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 13744262097     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-004-1573-8     Document Type: Article

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