Effect of pore velocity on biodegradation of cis-dichloroethene (DCE) in column experiments

Biodegradation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 365-377

  Mendoza Sanchez, Itza ^a   Autenrieth, Robin L ^b   McDonald, Thomas J ^b   Cunningham, Jeffrey A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Chlorinated solvents; KB 1; PCE; TCE; Vinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; CHLORINATED SOLVENT; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; CONCENTRATION OF; CONSTANT VELOCITIES; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DICHLOROETHENES; GROUNDWATER VELOCITY; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH FLOW VELOCITY; HIGH VELOCITY; HOMOGENEOUS GLASS; KB-1; LOW FLOW; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; ONE-FACTOR; PORE VELOCITY; RESIDENCE TIME; TETRACHLOROETHENE; TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA; VINYL CHLORIDES;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLLUTION; POROUS MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VELOCITY;

DECHLORINATION;

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; VINYL CHLORIDE; VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECHLORINATION; ETHYLENE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POROUS MEDIUM; RESIDENCE TIME;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; DICHLOROETHYLENES; ETHYLENES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; VINYL CHLORIDE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

EID: 77952953881     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-009-9307-6     Document Type: Article

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