Enhanced anaerobic biodegradation of nonylphenol ethoxylates by introducing additional sulfate or nitrate as terminal electron acceptors

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 214-218

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

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic biodegradation; Electron acceptor; Estrogenic activity; Nitrate; Nonylphenol ethoxylates; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; ELECTRONS; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRATES; PHENOLS; PORT TERMINALS; SULFATE MINERALS;

ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITY; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NITRATE; NONYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATES; REDOX POTENTIAL; SULFATE; TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTORS;

BIODEGRADATION;

BIODEGRADATION; ELECTRON; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; NITRATE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REDOX POTENTIAL; SULFATE;

EID: 49549098841     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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