Published online 27 October 2006
Published in J Environ Qual 35:2021-2025 (2006)
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0080
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Persistence of Fermentative Process to Phenolic Toxicity in Groundwater
Youxian Wua,*,
David N. Lernera,
Steven A. Banwarta,
Steven F. Thorntona and
Roger W. Pickupb
a Groundwater Protection and Restoration Group, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin St., Sheffield S1 3JD, UK
b Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Lancaster LA1 4AP. Y. Wu, current address, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA

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Fig. 1. Changes of (A) inorganic electron acceptors and (B) fermentation products (acetate, hydrogen, and methane) with different phenol concentrations.
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Fig. 2. Accumulation of (A) acetate, (B) hydrogen, (C) methane, and (D) sulfate in groundwater of microcosms containing different concentrations of total phenols (P0: no phenols; P1: 1 mM phenols; P10: 10 mM phenols; P50: 50 mM phenols).
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