Biodegradation of pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) by anaerobic consortia from a contaminated site

Chemosphere

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 810-816

  Zhuang, Li ^a,b   Gui, Lai ^b,c   Gillham, Robert W ^b  

^a GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOIL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Denitration; Nitrate; Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN); Sulfate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBON; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; INTERMEDIARY FORMATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE; SULFATE; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTORS;

BIODEGRADATION;

ACETIC ACID; NITRATE; NITRITE; PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRANITRATE; SULFATE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATED LAND; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TYPE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 84865053661     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.04.062     Document Type: Article

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