Biodegradation of nonylphenol polyethoxylates under sulfate-reducing conditions

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 399, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 121-127

  Lu, Jian ^a,b   Jin, Qiang ^a   He, Yiliang ^a   Wu, Jun ^a,b   Zhao, Juan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Environmental behavior; Estrogenic intermediate; Nonylphenol polyethoxylates; Sulfate; Terminal electron acceptor

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); METABOLITES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ESTROGENIC INTERMEDIATE; NONYLPHENOL POLYETHOXYLATES (NPEO); TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTOR;

PHENOLS;

NONYLPHENOL; NONYLPHENOL POLYETHOXYLATE DERIVATIVE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTRON; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; METABOLITE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTROGENS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SEWAGE; SULFATES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44649151680     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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