Bioaugmentation of an anaerobic biotrickling filter for enhanced conversion of trichloroethene to ethene

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 183, Issue , 2012, Pages 98-103

  Popat, Sudeep C ^a,b,c   Zhao, Kang ^b   Deshusses, Marc A ^b  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaugmentation; Biofilter; Biotrickling filter; Dehalococcoides; Reductive dehalogenation; TCE

Indexed keywords

BIO-AUGMENTATION; BIOTRICKLING FILTERS; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENATION; TCE;

BIOFILTRATION; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE; DECHLORINATION; ETHYLENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REACTION KINETICS; STRAIN; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BIOFILTERS;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

EID: 84856541788     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.12.026     Document Type: Article

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