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CHAPTER 11
THE MICROBIOLOGY OF PERCHLORATE
REDUCTION AND ITS BIOREMEDIATIVE
APPLICATION
John D. Coates1
and Laurie A. Achenbach2
1
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
94720
2
Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901
Introduction
Microbial respiration of oxyanions of chlorine such as chlorate (ClO3
-
) and
perchlorate (ClO4
-
) [(per)chlorate] under anaerobic conditions has been
known for more than half a century.1

Source: Achenbach, Laurie A. - Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University

Collections: Environmental Sciences and Ecology; Environmental Management and Restoration Technologies; Biology and Medicine