Anaerobic biodegradation of linear alkylbenzene: Isomeric ratio as a monitoring tool

Land Contamination and Reclamation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-241

  Johnson, Stephen J ^a,b   Barry, D Andrew ^c   Christofi, Nick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobic; Bioremediation; LAB; Natural attenuation

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION;

EID: 34249902015     PISSN: 09670513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2462/09670513.858     Document Type: Conference Paper

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