BTEX degradation by fungi

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 87-93

  Nikolova, N ^a   Nenov, V ^a  

^a ASSEN ZLATAROV UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; BTEX; Fungi

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; COASTAL ZONES; FUNGI; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE WATERS; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

CLADOPHIALOPHORA; CLADOSPORIUM; DEUTEROMYCETES; ETHYLBENZENE;

BIODEGRADATION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLBENZENE; GASOLINE; META XYLENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; XYLENE;

BIODEGRADATION; BTEX;

ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIODEGRADATION; CLADOSPORIUM; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DEUTEROMYCETES; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENUS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

CLADOPHIALOPHORA; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI;

EID: 23844501725     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0394     Document Type: Article

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