Ethylbenzene, o-xylene, and BTEX removal by Sphingomonas sp. D3K1 in rock wool-compost biofilters

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-52

  Cho, Eulsaeng ^a   Galera, Melvin Maaliw ^a   Lorenzana, Ariz ^a   Chung, Wook Jin ^a  

^a Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biofilter; BTEX; Compost; Ethylbenzene; O xylene; Rock wool compost

Indexed keywords

BTEX; BTEX COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE ROCKS; COMPOST BIOFILTERS; ELIMINATION CAPACITIES; FEED FLOW RATES; LOADING RATES; MAXIMUM ELIMINATION CAPACITIES; NUTRIENT ADDITIONS; O-XYLENE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; ROCK WOOL-COMPOST; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; ETHYLBENZENE; MINERAL WOOL; NUTRIENTS; REMOVAL; ROCKS; TOLUENE; WOOL; XYLENE; YARN;

COMPOSTING;

EID: 58349107350     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2007.0144     Document Type: Article

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