Reductive dehalogenation of dichlorobenzenes and monochlorobenzene to benzene in microcosms

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2302-2307

  Fung, Jennifer M ^a,c   Weisenstein, Brian P ^a   Mack, E Erin ^b   Vidumsky, John E ^b   Ei, Tom A ^b   Zinder, Stephen H ^a,b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c LanzaTech Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO AUGMENTATIONS; CONTAMINATED SITES; DICHLOROBENZENE; DICHLOROBENZENES; ELECTRON DONORS; MODELING PROCESS; MONO CHLOROBENZENES; REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENATION; YEAST EXTRACTS;

DEHALOGENATION; ISOMERS; TOLUENE;

BENZENE;

1,2 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,3 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROBENZENE; MONOCLOROBENZENE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHLOROBENZENE; CONTAMINATED LAND; METHANOGENESIS; MICROCOSM; REDUCTION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHALOGENATION; INOCULATION; ISOMER; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN;

BENZENE DERIVATIVES; ECOSYSTEM; HALOGENS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 64349123369     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802131d     Document Type: Article

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