Comparison of dinitrotoluene degradation by a mixed culture in aqueous batch system

Contaminated Soils, Sediments and Water

Volumn 9, Issue , 2005, Pages 91-104

  Paca, Jan ^a   Barta, Jiri ^a   Bajpai, Rakesh ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Dinitrotoluene; Glycerol; Mixed Culture; Succinate

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349112601     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-23079-3_8     Document Type: Chapter

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