Substrate interactions during anaerobic biodegradation of BTEX by the mixed cultures under nitrate reducing conditions

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 158, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 264-272

  Dou, Junfeng ^a   Liu, Xiang ^b   Hu, Zhifeng ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic biodegradation; BTEX; Nitrate reduction; Substrate interactions

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BENZENE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHYLBENZENE; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FULLERENES; MICROBIOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; NITRATES; SUBSTRATES; SULFATE MINERALS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; BENZENE DEGRADATION; BINARY COMBINATIONS; BTEX; BTEX COMPOUNDS; BTEX MIXTURES; DEGRADING BACTERIA; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; INHIBITORY EFFECTS; LOWER CONCENTRATIONS; M-XYLENE; MIXED CULTURES; NITRATE REDUCTION; NITRATE-REDUCING CONDITIONS; O-XYLENE; P-XYLENE; SUBSTRATE INTERACTIONS;

DEGRADATION;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; META XYLENE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

BIODEGRADATION; BTEX; NITRATE; SUBSTRATE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INHIBITION KINETICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NITRATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REDUCTION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 50549093089     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.01.075     Document Type: Article

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