Ex-situ bioremediation of Brazilian soil contaminated with plasticizers process wastes

The aim of this research was to evaluate the bioremediation of a soil contaminated with wastes from a plasticizers industry, located in São Paulo, Brazil. A 100-kg soil sample containing alcohols, adipates and phthalates was treated in an aerobic slurry-phase reactor using indigenous and acclimated...

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Main Authors: I. D. Ferreira, D. M. Morita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering 2012-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322012000100009