Atrazine biodegradation by a bacterial community immobilized in two types of packed-bed biofilm reactors

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2195-2204

  Macías Flores, Alberto ^a   Tafoya Garnica, Angélica ^a   Ruiz Ordaz, Nora ^a   Salmerón Alcocer, Angélica ^a   Juárez Ramírez, Cleotilde ^a   Ahuatzi Chacón, Deifilia ^a   Mondragón Parada, María Elena ^a   Galíndez Mayer, Juvencio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Air lift reactor; Atrazine; Biofilm; Massilia; Microbial consortium; Packed bed reactor

Indexed keywords

AIR-LIFT REACTORS; ATRAZINE; ATRAZINES; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PACKED BED REACTOR;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOREACTORS; DEGRADATION; ENZYMES; GENES; GLUCOSE; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PACKED BEDS; SALT REMOVAL;

HERBICIDES;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA; MASSILIA; MICROBACTERIUM; OCHROBACTRUM; OCHROBACTRUM SP.; ORNITHINIMICROBIUM; SPHINGOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS SP.; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 76349100105     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-009-0125-0     Document Type: Article

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