Aerobic cometabolism of trichloroethene and cis-dichloroethene with benzene and chlorinated benzenes as growth substrates

Chemosphere

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 247-253

  Elango, Vijai ^a   Kurtz, Harry D ^b   Freedman, David L ^c  

^a S and SW   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dichlorobenzenes; Natural attenuation; Transformation capacity; Transformation yield; Trichlorobenzene

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; ISOMERS; RATE CONSTANTS; SUBSTRATES; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

1 ,2 ,4-TRICHLOROBENZENE; CIS-1 ,2-DICHLOROETHENE (CDCE); CO-METABOLIC DEGRADATION; COMETABOLIC TRANSFORMATION; DICHLOROBENZENES; TRANSFORMATION CAPACITY; TRANSFORMATION YIELD; TRICHLOROBENZENE;

NATURAL ATTENUATION;

1,2 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; 1,3 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; BENZENE; CHLOROBENZENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BACTERIUM; BENZENE; BIOMASS; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHENOL; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTRATE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CELL GROWTH; CHLORINATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; INOCULATION; ISOMER; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; RALSTONIA; RHODOCOCCUS; VARIOVORAX;

RALSTONIA; RHODOCOCCUS; VARIOVORAX;

EID: 79957467700     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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