Aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation of nonylphenol ethoxylates in estuary sediment of Yangtze River, China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

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

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Estrogenic intermediate; Estuary; Nonylphenol ethoxylates; Pathway

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; ESTUARIES; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOLS; RATE CONSTANTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; AEROBIC BIODEGRADATIONS; AEROBIC CONDITIONS; ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATIONS; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION RATES; ESTROGENIC INTERMEDIATE; ESTUARY; ESTUARY SEDIMENTS; NITRATE-REDUCING CONDITIONS; NON-OXIDATIVE; NONYLPHENOL; NONYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATES; OXIDATIVE PATHWAYS; PATHWAY; SULFATE-REDUCING; YANGTZE RIVERS;

BIODEGRADATION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NITRATE; OXIC CONDITIONS; REACTION RATE; SULFATE; SURFACTANT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 59649090304     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1276-2     Document Type: Article

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