Microbial Transformation and Degradation of Toxic Organic ChemicalsLily Y. Young, Carl E. Cerniglia Microorganisms offer a more effective and economical means of reducing or eliminating environmental contamination than more traditional treatment methods. This study examines the role of microbes in the degradation of toxic organic chemicals. |
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... methanogenic conditions . However , there have been a few attempts to examine how bromoethane sulfonic acid ( BESA ) , an inhibi- tor of methanogenesis , or alternate electron acceptors , such as sulfate , nitrate , and iron , affect ...
... methanogenic conditions . However , there have been a few attempts to examine how bromoethane sulfonic acid ( BESA ) , an inhibi- tor of methanogenesis , or alternate electron acceptors , such as sulfate , nitrate , and iron , affect ...
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... methanogenic cultures and in cultures amended once with sulfate ( 20 mM ) . May and colleagues noted that the pattern of dechlorination in sulfate - amended cultures was different than in the methanogenic cultures and proposed that the ...
... methanogenic cultures and in cultures amended once with sulfate ( 20 mM ) . May and colleagues noted that the pattern of dechlorination in sulfate - amended cultures was different than in the methanogenic cultures and proposed that the ...
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... methanogenic and sulfate - amended cultures and noted that the total extent of dechlorination in sulfate - amended cultures was lower than that in methanogenic cultures , 7 % versus 12 % of total chlorines removed . They further stated ...
... methanogenic and sulfate - amended cultures and noted that the total extent of dechlorination in sulfate - amended cultures was lower than that in methanogenic cultures , 7 % versus 12 % of total chlorines removed . They further stated ...
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CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION OF | 27 |
CLEANUP OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON | 77 |
Bossert and Geoffrey C Compeau | 127 |
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acclimation acid activated sludge addition aerobic anaerobic Appl Environ Microbiol aquifer Aroclor aromatic compounds aromatic hydrocarbons aryl bacteria Bacteriol Bedard benzene benzo[a]pyrene Biochem biodegradation biological bioremediation biphenyl carbon cells Cerniglia Chem chemical chlorinated chlorophenols chrysosporium congeners contaminated soil COOH cultures dechlorination dechlorination processes dehalogenation denitrifying dioxygenase effect electron acceptors enrichment Environ Sci Technol environmental enzymes fungi gene genetic glyphosate groundwater Häggblom haloaromatic halogenated Hudson River Hudson River sediment incubation isolated laboratory lignin mechanisms meta metabolism methanogenic Microbiology microorganisms mineralization mixture molecular naphthalene nitrate nutrients observed organic oxidation oxygen p-cresol PAHs pathway pattern PCB concentration PCB dechlorination pentachlorophenol Phanerochaete chrysosporium phenanthrene phenols plasmid polychlorinated polychlorinated biphenyls potential process H Pseudomonas sp putida Quensen reactions reactor reductive dechlorination reductive dehalogenation removal Rhee samples sediment sediment slurries specific strain studies substrate Suflita sulfate tiedjei tion toluene toxic transformation treatment waste