Bioremediation of a mineral soil with high contents of clay and organic matter contaminated with herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid using slurry bioreactors: Effect of electron acceptor and supplementation with an organic carbon source

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1951-1960

  Robles González, Ireri ^a   Ríos Leal, Elvira ^a   Ferrera Cerrato, Ronald ^b   Esparza García, Fernando ^a   Rinderkenecht Seijas, Noemí ^c   Poggi Varaldo, Héctor M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b Laboratory of Soil Microbiology ^*  (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

2,4 Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; Aerobic; Bioremediation; Slurry bioreactor; Soil; Sulphate reducing

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLORINE; CONTAMINATION; HERBICIDES; SLURRIES; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; AEROBIC; SLURRY BIOREACTORS; SULPHATE-REDUCING;

SOILS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33746578459     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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