Biochar as an electron shuttle for reductive dechlorination of pentachlorophenol by Geobacter sulfurreducens

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yu, Linpeng ^a,b,c   Yuan, Yong ^c,d   Tang, Jia ^c,d   Wang, Yueqiang ^c,d   Zhou, Shungui ^c,d  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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

^d Guangdong Automotive Engineering Key Laboratory   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHAR; CHARCOAL; CHLORINE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; POLLUTANT;

BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER; HUMAN; KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHARCOAL; CHLORINE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOBACTER; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PENTACHLOROPHENOL;

EID: 84947997990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16221     Document Type: Article

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