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Bioremediation of organic compounds — putting microbial metabolism to work

1993; Elsevier BV; Volume: 11; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0167-7799(93)90159-7

0167-9430

Edward J. Bouwer, Alexander J. B. Zehnder,

Microbial metabolism and enzyme function

Microorganisms can metabolize many aliphatic and aromatic organic contaminants, either to obtain carbon and/or energy for growth, or as co-substrates, thus converting them to products such as carbon dioxide, water, chloride and biomass. These biotransformations can be exploited for treatment of contaminated soils and ground water.