Nitrobenzene biodegradation ability of microbial communities in water and sediments along the Songhua River after a nitrobenzene pollution event

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 778-786

  LI, Zonglai ^a   YANG, Min ^a   LI, Dong ^a   QI, Rong ^a   LIU, Huijuan ^a   SUN, Jingfang ^a   QU, Jiuhui ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

biodegradation; low temperature; nitrobenzene; pollution accident; the Songhua River

Indexed keywords

ANILINE; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEGATIVE IONS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; NITROBENZENE; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFATE MINERALS;

AEROBIC (CSTR); AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; AEROBIC CONDITIONS; AEROBIC DEGRADATION; ANAEROBIC (UASB); CATECHOL (CC); CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (CAS); DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; DEGRADATION RATES; DIOXYGENASE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NITROBENZENE (NB); NITROSOBENZENE; RELATED COMPOUNDS; RIVER WATER SAMPLES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SONGHUA RIVER; UPPER STREAM;

RIVER POLLUTION;

NITROBENZENE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EXPLOSION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER POLLUTION;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROBENZENES; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SONGHUA RIVER;

EID: 47149103510     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62126-9     Document Type: Article

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