BTEX removal from contaminated groundwater by a co-culture of Pseudomonas putida and Pseudomonas fluorescens immobilized in a continuous fibrous-bed bioreactor

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1308-1315

  Shim, Hojae ^b   Yang, Shang Tian ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; BTEX; Fibrous bed bioreactor; Groundwater; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Pseudomonas putida

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; CELLS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROORGANISMS;

FIBROUS MATRIX;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; GROUND WATER; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

BIOREACTOR; BTEX; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; CELL DENSITY; COCULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; DEGRADATION KINETICS; HYPOXIA; IMMOBILIZED CELL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REACTOR OPERATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 2242431663     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.711     Document Type: Article

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