Bioremediation scaleup effectiveness: A review

Bioremediation Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 265-282

  Blackburn, James W ^a  

^a Southern Illinois University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Ex situ; Field scale; In situ; Intrinsic; Kinetics; Laboratory scale; Rate constants; Rates; Scaleup

Indexed keywords

EX SIB; FIELD SCALE; IN SITU; INTRINSIC; LABORATORY SCALE; RATES; SCALE-UP;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME KINETICS; KINETICS; POLLUTION; RATE CONSTANTS;

LABORATORIES;

EID: 3943056848     PISSN: 10889868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10889869809351342     Document Type: Article

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