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Microbial Transformations of Substituted Benzenes During Infiltration of River Water to Groundwater: Laboratory Column Studies
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Microbial Transformations of Substituted Benzenes During Infiltration of River Water to Groundwater: Laboratory Column Studies

Elmar P Kuhn, Patricia J Colberg, Jerald L Schnoor, Oskar Wanner, Alexander J Zehnder and Rene P Schwarzenbach
Environmental Science & Technology, Vol.19(10), pp.961-961
10/01/1985

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Abstract

The microbial transformations of dimethyl- and dichlorobenzenes were studied in laboratory aquifer columns simulating saturated flow conditions typical for a river water/groundwater infiltration system. Both compounds were biotransformed under aerobic conditions; dimethylbenzenes were transformed faster than the chlorinated analogues. Evidence demonstrates that dimethylbenzenes are degraded by denitrifying bacteria under anaerobic conditions.

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