Biotransformation of Polychlorinated Dioxins and Microbial Community Dynamics in Sediment Microcosms at Different Contamination Levels

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 227-242

  Hiraishi, Akira ^a   Kaiya, Shinichi ^a   Miyakoda, Hideki ^b   Futamata, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Shintokogyo Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

dehalorespiration; microcosm; polychlorinated dioxins; reductive dechlorination; Dehalococcoides

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250374706     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.20.227     Document Type: Article

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