Acclimation of a microbial community to degrade a combination of organochlorine herbicides in a biofilm reactor

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1753-1761

  Nava Arenas, Ixchel ^a   Ruiz Ordaz, Nora ^a   Galindez Mayer, Juvencio ^a   Ramos Monroy, Oswaldo ^a   Juárez Ramírez, Cleotilde ^a   Curiel Quesada, Everardo ^a   Poggi Varaldo, Héctor ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Biodegradation; Biofilm reactor; Herbicides; Microbial consortium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871708332     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2012.218     Document Type: Article

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