Chloroethenes contaminants in the environment: Still a cause for concern

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 675-682

  Olaniran, Ademola O ^a,c   Pillay, Dorsamy ^a,b   Pillay, Balakrishna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Chloroethenes; Cometabolism; Oxidation; Reductive dechlorination

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; CHLOROETHENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL CHLORIDE; VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHLORINATION; DECHLORINATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 15744366447     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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