Biodegradation of chlorinated and non-chlorinated VOCs from pharmaceutical industries

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 497-518

  Balasubramanian, P ^a   Philip, Ligy ^a   Bhallamudi, S Murty ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Organic solvents; Pharmaceutical industry; Substrate inhibition kinetics; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BATCH SYSTEMS; BEST FIT; BIO-KINETIC PARAMETERS; BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS; BIODEGRADATION RATE; BIODEGRADATION STUDIES; CHLORINATED VOCS; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; HALDANE MODEL; ISO-PROPANOLS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL ISOLATES; MIXED CULTURES; MODIFIED COEFFICIENT; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; SUBSTRATE INHIBITION KINETICS; SUBSTRATE SYSTEM;

ACETONE; ACETONITRILE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DEGRADATION; ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTS; INDUSTRY; METHANOL; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SUBSTRATES; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BIODEGRADATION;

2 PROPANOL; ACETONE; ACETONITRILE; ALCOHOL; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; METHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PESTICIDE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG INDUSTRY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; SCREENING;

BACTERIA; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLOROFORM; DRUG INDUSTRY; HALOGENATION; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOLVENTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79952700001     PISSN: 02732289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-010-9057-2     Document Type: Article

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