Anaerobic transformation of tetrachloroethane, perchloroethylene, and their mixtures by mixed-cultures enriched from contaminated soils and sediments

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 357-362

  Aulenta, Federico ^a   Fina, A ^a   Potalivo, M ^a   Petrangeli Papini, Marco ^a   Rossetti, S ^b   Majone, Mauro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dehalococcoides spp; Perchloroethylene; Reductive dechlorination; Tetrachloroethane

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; DECHLORINATION; DECONTAMINATION; MIXTURES; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

ANAEROBIC TRANSFORMATION; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DEHALOCOCCOIDES SPP; PERCHLOROETHYLENE; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; TETRACHLOROETHANE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; ETHYLENE; HYDROGEN; TETRACHLOROETHANE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; DECHLORINATION;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

EID: 25144499979     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0539     Document Type: Article

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