Benzene biodegradation under anaerobic conditions coupled with metal oxides reduction

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 192, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 165-172

  Villatoro Monzón, Wilverth R ^a   Morales Ibarria, Marcia G ^b   Velázquez, Elia K ^a   Ramírez Saad, Hugo ^c   Razo Flores, Elías ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE PROCESOS Y TECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aromatic compounds; Benzene degradation; Column; Iron(III); Manganese(IV); Reduction; Sediment

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); DEGRADATION; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; REDUCTION; SEDIMENTS;

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BENZENE BIODEGRADATION; BENZENE DEGRADATION; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT COLUMN; STEADY-STATE OPERATION;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERRIC ION; MANGANESE; METAL OXIDE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; IRON; MANGANESE; REDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTRON; INOCULATION; RIVER; SEDIMENT; STEADY STATE; STOICHIOMETRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE RIVER;

EID: 45749147116     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9643-x     Document Type: Article

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