Characterization of the PCB substrate range of microbial dechlorination process LP

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6831-6838

  Bedard, Donna L ^a   Pohl, Eric A ^a,b   Bailey, Jessica J ^a,c   Murphy, Aja ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DATA ACQUISITION; DECHLORINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENTS;

2,4,5-CHLOROPHENYL RINGS; 4-CHLOROPHENYL RINGS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS; META CHLORINES;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

2,6 DIFLUORO 4 CHLOROBIPHENYL; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DECHLORINATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DECHLORINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROCOSM; PREDICTION; PROCESS LP; PROCESS MONITORING; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 24644458801     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050255i     Document Type: Article

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