Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): Improved land treatment with bioaugmentation

Bioremediation of Recalcitrant Compounds

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 215-300

  Prichard, Hap ^a   Jones Meehan, Joanne ^a   Nestler, Cathy ^b   Hansen, Lance D ^c   Straube, William ^d   Jones, William ^e   Hind, John ^e   Talley, Jeffrey W ^f  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^d SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND RECLAMATION;

BIO-AUGMENTATION; LAND TREATMENT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS);

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 36249029539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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