Aerobic biodegradation of BTEX: Progresses and Prospects

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1104-1122

  El Naas, Muftah H ^a   Acio, Janice A ^a   El Telib, Ayat E ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Aerobic; Biodegradation; Bioreactors; BTEX; Kinetics; Modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; DEGRADATION; ENZYME KINETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MODELS; POLLUTION; RESEARCH;

AEROBIC; AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; BTEX; DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES;

BIODEGRADATION;

EID: 84899540372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22133437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2014.04.009     Document Type: Article

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