The role of attached and free-living bacteria in biodegradation in Karst Aquifers

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1139-1148

  Painter, Roger ^a   Byl, Tom ^a,b   Sharpe, Lonnie ^a   Kheder, Ahmad ^a   Harris, Justin ^a  

^a TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attached; Bacteria; Biodegradation; Free living; Karst

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; NATURAL ATTENUATION; RATE CONSTANTS; TOLUENE;

BIODEGRADATION PROCESS; CONTAMINANT MIGRATION; FIRST-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; MONITORED NATURAL ATTENUATION; PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; RATE OF BIODEGRADATIONS; TOLUENE BIODEGRADATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 85006520979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w3041139     Document Type: Article

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