Extensive biodegradation of polychlorinated biphenyls in Aroclor 1242 and electrical transformer fluid (Askarel) by natural strains of microorganisms indigenous to contaminated African systems

Chemosphere

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 126-132

  Adebusoye, Sunday A ^a,b   Ilori, Matthew O ^a   Picardal, Flynn W ^b   Amund, Olukayode O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aroclor 1242; Askarel fluid; Biodegradation; Chlorobenzenes; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CELL CULTURE; CHLORINE; DECHLORINATION; FLUIDS; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SULFATE MINERALS;

AEROBIC DEGRADATION; AROCLOR; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BIPHENYL (BP); CULTURE MEDIA (CM); DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; DEGRADATIVE ACTIVITY; DEGREE OF CHLORINATION; ELSEVIER (CO); ENTEROBACTER; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); NON STOICHIOMETRIC; PARTIAL DEGRADATION; RALSTONIA;

DEGRADATION;

AROCLOR 1242; ASKAREL; BENZOIC ACID; BIPHENYL; CHLORIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; DECHLORINATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; PCB; POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; ENTEROBACTER; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA;

AFRICA; AROCLORS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENTEROBACTER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA SP.;

EID: 48149098043     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.04.055     Document Type: Article

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