Degradation of BTEX compounds under iron-reducing conditions in contaminated aquifer microcosms

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2630-2638

  Botton, Sabrina ^a   Parsons, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Biodegradation; BTEX; Iron reduction

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; IRON; MICROORGANISMS; REDUCTION; SEDIMENTS;

DISSIMILATORY IRON-REDUCING BACTERIA; ETHYLBENZENE; IRON REDUCTION; IRON-REDUCING AQUIFERS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; GROUND WATER; IRON; META XYLENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; TOLUENE;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BENZENE; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; MICROCOSM; MICROORGANISM; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADAPTATION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; INOCULATION; ISOMER; MICROCOSM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; HYDROCARBONS; IRON; TOLUENE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XYLENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33845394239     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-004R.1     Document Type: Article

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