Microbial Transformation and Degradation of Toxic Organic ChemicalsThis book examines the role of microbes, from theoretical, field, and applied perspectives, in the degradation of toxic organic chemicals. |
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Carbon Additions Most experiments involving the addition of carbon sources
have been performed in an attempt to enhance the rate of PCB dechlorination . If
the anaerobic biotransformation of PCBs is limited to reductive dechlorination ,
then ...
Carbon Additions Most experiments involving the addition of carbon sources
have been performed in an attempt to enhance the rate of PCB dechlorination . If
the anaerobic biotransformation of PCBs is limited to reductive dechlorination ,
then ...
Page 190
( 1993 ) , who found that small repeated additions of volatile fatty acids ( acetate ,
propionate , butyrate , and hexanoic acid ) ... The addition of fluid thioglycolate
medium with beef extract ( FTMBE ) to slurries prepared from wet Hudson River ...
( 1993 ) , who found that small repeated additions of volatile fatty acids ( acetate ,
propionate , butyrate , and hexanoic acid ) ... The addition of fluid thioglycolate
medium with beef extract ( FTMBE ) to slurries prepared from wet Hudson River ...
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Oxygen addition systems have been varied in an attempt to increase the transfer
of oxygen into the subsurface . Air injection has been replaced with pure oxygen
to increase theoretical dissolved oxygen concentrations from 8 – 10 mg / liter ...
Oxygen addition systems have been varied in an attempt to increase the transfer
of oxygen into the subsurface . Air injection has been replaced with pure oxygen
to increase theoretical dissolved oxygen concentrations from 8 – 10 mg / liter ...
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Contents
MICROBIAL VERSATILITY | 13 |
Norberto J Palleroni | 27 |
CLEANUP OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON | 77 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Microbial Transformation and Degradation of Toxic Organic Chemicals Volume 15 of Wiley Series in Ecological and Applied Microbiology |
| Editors | Lily Y. Young, Carl E. Cerniglia |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Wiley, 1995 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Dec 2007 |
| ISBN | 0471521094, 9780471521099 |
| Length | 672 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / Life Sciences / Microbiology Technology & Engineering / Environmental / General |
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