Kinetics and characteristics of phenanthrene degradation by a microbial consortium

Petroleum Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-78

  Wang, Jing ^a   Xu, Hongke ^a   An, Mingquan ^a   Yan, Guiwen ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Kinetics; Microbial consortium; Phenanthrene

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749106066     PISSN: 16725107     EISSN: 19958226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12182-008-0012-6     Document Type: Article

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