Anaerobic degradation of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and o-xylene in sediment-free iron-reducing enrichment cultures

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3355-3358

  Jahn, Michael K ^a   Haderlein, Stefan B ^a   Meckenstock, Rainer U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; GROUNDWATER; IRON; OXIDATION; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; ANAEROBIC OXIDATION; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; MONOCHROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

DEGRADATION;

9,10 ANTHRAQUINONE 2,6 DISULFONIC ACID; BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ETHYLBENZENE; FERRIC OXIDE; ORTHO XYLENE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; BTEX; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CULTURE MEDIA; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TOLUENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XYLENES;

EID: 20444393042     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.6.3355-3358.2005     Document Type: Article

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