Anaerobic biodegradation of TCE in laboratory columns of fractured saprolite

Ground Water

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 534-541

  Lenczewski, Melissa E ^a   McKay, Larry D ^b   Layton, Alice ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); DECHLORINATION; FRACTURE; MICROORGANISMS; ROCKS;

FRACTURED SAPROLITES; UNDISTURBED COLUMNS;

GROUNDWATER;

BACTERIAL DNA; SOLVENT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BIODEGRADATION; LABORATORY METHOD; SAPROLITE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; GEOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLVENTS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOCOCCUS; DESULFONEMA; DESULFOSARCINA; GEOBACTER; GEOTHRIX; QUERCUS;

EID: 3042846935     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2004.tb02622.x     Document Type: Article

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