Bioremediation Potential of Rhodococcus pyridinivorans NT2 in Nitrotoluene-Contaminated Soils: The Effectiveness of Natural Attenuation, Biostimulation and Bioaugmentation Approaches

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 637-651

  Kundu, Debasree ^a   Hazra, Chinmay ^a   Chaudhari, Ambalal ^a  

^a NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioaugmentation; bioremediation; biostimulation; nitrotoluenes; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIA; BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYCLODEXTRINS; DEGRADATION; LIPIDS; POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

2 ,6 DINITROTOLUENE (2 ,6 DNT); BIO-AUGMENTATION; BIOREMEDIATION POTENTIALS; BIOSTIMULATION; DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; NITRO TOLUENE; RHODOCOCCUS;

NATURAL ATTENUATION;

EID: 84978485318     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320383.2016.1190313     Document Type: Article

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