Kinetics of phenol and m-cresol biodegradation by an indigenous mixed microbial culture isolated from a sewage treatment plant

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1508-1513

  Saravanan, Pichiah ^a   Pakshirajan, Kannan ^a   Saha, Prabirkumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

biodegradation; factorial design of experiments; kinetics; m cresol; mixed microbial culture; phenol; sum kinetics model

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BOTTLES; DEGRADATION; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; EXPERIMENTS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOLS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SUBSTRATES;

BIODEGRADATION EXPERIMENTS; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATIONS; DEGRADATION RATES; FACTORIAL DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; FULL FACTORIAL DESIGNS; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; INHIBITORY EFFECTS; INITIAL CONCENTRATIONS; INTERACTION PARAMETERS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; M-CRESOL; MIXED CULTURES; MIXED MICROBIAL CULTURE; MIXED SUBSTRATES; PHENOL BIODEGRADATIONS; PHENOLICS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; SHAKE FLASKS; SUM KINETICS MODEL;

BIODEGRADATION;

3-CRESOL; CRESOL; META CRESOL; PHENOL;

BIODEGRADATION; KINETICS; PHENOL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CRESOLS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHENOL; PSEUDOMONAS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 57649237988     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62557-7     Document Type: Article

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