1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane aerobic cometabolic biodegradation in slurry and soil-free bioreactors: A kinetic study

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-64

  Frascari, Dario ^a   Cappelletti, Martina ^a   Fedi, Stefano ^a   Zannoni, Davide ^a   Nocentini, Massimo ^a   Pinelli, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerobic cometabolism; Bioreactor; Bioremediation; Kinetic model; Tetrachloroethane

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC COMETABOLISM; BACTERIAL CONSORTIUM; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BIO-AUGMENTATION; COMETABOLIC BIOREMEDIATION; COMETABOLISM; CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DEGRADING BACTERIA; EFFECTIVE TOOL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; KINETIC MODEL; KINETIC MODELS; KINETIC STUDY; LAG-TIME; MICHAELIS-MENTEN; SLURRY BIOREACTORS; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS; TETRACHLOROETHANE;

AQUIFERS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; KINETIC THEORY; POLLUTION; PROPANE; SOILS;

DEGRADATION;

TETRACHLOROETHANE;

AGRICULTURAL SLURRY; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS SUPPORT; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77956268174     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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