Influence of alternative electron acceptors on the anaerobic biodegradability of chlorinated phenols and benzoic acids

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:5233372

Haeggblom, M M; Rivera, M D; Young, L Y

Nitrate, sulfate, and carbonate were used as electron acceptors to examine the anaerobic biodegradability of chlorinated aromatic compounds in estuarine and freshwater sediments. The respective denitrifying, sulfidogenic, and methanogenic enrichment cultures were established on each of the monochlorinated phenol and monochlorinated benzoic acid isomers, using sediment from the upper (freshwater) and lower (estuarine) Hudson River and the East River (estuarine) as source materials. (Copyright (c) 1993 American Society for Microbiology.)

• Research Organization: New York Univ., NY (United States). Medical Center
• OSTI ID: 5233372
• Report Number(s): PB-94-135076/XAB; CNN: EPA-R-814611
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Pub. in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 59, No. 4, 1162-1167(Apr 1993)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
BIODEGRADATION
POLLUTION CONTROL
BENZOIC ACID
BINDING ENERGY
ELECTRONS
METHANOGENIC BACTERIA
PHENOLS
SEDIMENTS
SULFUR-OXIDIZING BACTERIA
VALENCE
AROMATICS
BACTERIA
BIOCONVERSION
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONTROL
DECOMPOSITION
DIGESTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY
FERMIONS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
LEPTONS
MANAGEMENT
MICROORGANISMS
MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
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