Remediation of PCE-contaminated groundwater from an industrial site in southern Italy: A laboratory-scale study

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1498-1505

  Volpe, Angela ^a   Del Moro, Guido ^a   Rossetti, Simona ^b   Tandoi, Valter ^b   Lopez, Antonio ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioaugmentation; Bioremediation; Dechlorination; Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Microcosms; Tetrachloroethylene (PCE)

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; VINYL RESINS;

BIOAUGMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION (FISH); MICROCOSMS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE (PCE);

HYDROCARBONS;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

EID: 35148839144     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2007.07.017     Document Type: Article

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