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• Biodegradation -- By-products
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• Biodegradation -- Early works to 1800
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• Biodegradation -- Mathematical models
• Biodegradation -- Minnesota
• Biodegradation -- Testing
• Bioremediation
• Forest litter -- Biodegradation
• Humification
• Materials -- Biodegradation
• Plant litter -- Biodegradation
• Putrefaction
• Agricultural wastes -- Biodegradation
• Animal waste -- Biodegradation
• Aromatic compounds -- Biodegradation
• Atrazine -- Biodegradation
• Benzene -- Biodegradation
• Building materials -- Biodegradation
• Building stones -- Biodegradation
• Butyl methyl ether -- Biodegradation
• Cellulose -- Biodegradation
• Charcoal -- Biodegradation
• Chlorine -- Biodegradation
• Chlorine compounds -- Biodegradation
• Chloroform -- Biodegradation
• Chlorohydrocarbons -- Biodegradation
• Detergents -- Biodegradation
• Dichloromethane -- Biodegradation
• Explosives -- Biodegradation
• Explosives, Military -- Biodegradation
• Factory and trade waste -- Biodegradation
• Farm manure -- Biodegradation
• Fuel -- Biodegradation
• Halocarbons -- Biodegradation
• Hazardous wastes -- Biodegradation
• Herbicides -- Biodegradation
• Hydrocarbons -- Biodegradation
• Hydrocarbures -- Biodegradation
• Hydrogen peroxide -- Biodegradation
• Insecticides -- Biodegradation
• Irrigation water -- Biodegradation
• Kerosene -- Biodegradation
• Lignin -- Biodegradation
• Mercury wastes -- Biodegradation
• Metal wastes -- Biodegradation
• Nitrates -- Biodegradation
• Nitrogen compounds -- Biodegradation
• Oil spills -- Biodegradation
• Organic compounds -- Biodegradation
• Organic water pollutants -- Biodegradation
• Organochlorine compounds -- Biodegradation
• Oxygenated gasoline -- Biodegradation
• Paint -- Biodegradation
• Pesticides -- Biodegradation
• Petroleum -- Biodegradation
• Plant polymers -- Biodegradation
• Plastics -- Biodegradation
• Pollutants -- Biodegradation
• Polymers -- Biodegradation
• Pyrethrins -- Biodegradation
• Radioisotopes -- Biodegradation
• Refuse and refuse disposal -- Biodegradation
• Sewage -- Biodegradation
• Soils -- Biodegradation
• Solvents -- Biodegradation
• Spraying and dusting residues in agriculture -- Biodegradation
• Synthetic products -- Biodegradation
• Tetrachloroethane -- Biodegradation
• Trichloroethane -- Biodegradation
• Trichloroethylene -- Biodegradation
• Vegetables -- Biodegradation
• Volatile organic compounds -- Biodegradation

• Biodegradation and treatability of specific pollutants (Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1979), by Edwin F. Barth, Robert L. Bunch, Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory. Wastewater Research Division, and Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Environmental limitations on the microbial degradation of hydrocarbons in temperate lakes : technical completion report (Water Resources Center, University of Wisconsin, 1975), by David M. Ward, Thomas D. Brock, Madison. Water Resources Center University of Wisconsin, and United States. Office of Water Research and Technology (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Biological degradation of cellulose acetate reverse osmosis membranes (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1968), by P. H. Allen, O. S. Schaeffler, B. J. Mechalas, Paul A. Cantor, United States. Office of Saline Water, and Aerojet-General Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biodegradation : hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy and Agriculture of the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Washington, DC, September 30, 1987. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1988), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Energy and Agriculture (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biological decomposition of radioactive laundry waste (Mound Laboratory, 1959), by E. W. Wiederhold, Mound Laboratory, Monsanto Chemical Company, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mechanisms that regulate the intensity of oxidation-reduction in anaerobic sediments and natural water systems : final report (Vicksburg, Mississippi : U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station ; [Springfield, Virginia] : [Available from National Technical Information Service], 1978., 1978), by James M. Brannon, Issac Smith, Patricia L. Butler, Douglas Gunnison, Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.), and United States. Department of the Army. Office of Research and Development (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biodegradation studies of carboxymethyl tartronate (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory ;, 1978), by E F. Barth, C. I. Mashni, H. H. Tabak, and Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Attenuation of water-soluble polychlorinated biphenyls by earth materials (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory ;, 1980), by Robert A. Griffin, E. S. K. Chian, Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Civil Engineering, Illinois State Geological Survey, and Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigations of biodegradability and toxicity of organic compounds (Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ;, 1979), by Jan Dojlido, Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory, and Poland). Zakład Chemii i Biologii Wody Instytut Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej (Warsaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• Subsurface volatilization and ventilation system (SVVS)® : innovative technology evaluation report. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Laboratory ;, 1995), by National Risk Management Research Laboratory (U.S.), United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development, Science Applications International Corporation. Environmental Technology Division, Inc Billings and Associates, and Brown & Root Environmental (page images at HathiTrust)
• Microbial processes affecting monitored natural attenuation of contaminants in the subsurface. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1999), by Ann Azadpour-Keeley, Hugh H. Russell, United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, and United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development (page images at HathiTrust)
• Degradation of hazardous organic wastes by microorganisms (Naval Oceans Systems Center, 1988), by Paul Kenis and Naval Ocean Systems Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effects of organic wastes on water quality from processing of oil shale from the Green River Formation, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming (U.S. G.P.O. ;, 1986), by J. A. Leenheer, T. I. Noyes, and United States. Department of Energy (page images at HathiTrust)

• Bioflocculation and the accumulation of chemicals by floc-forming organisms (Washington, DC : United States Government Printing Office, 1975., 1975), by P. R. Dugan, Ohio State University. Department of Microbiology, Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory. Wastewater Research Division, and United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development (page images at HathiTrust)

• Proceedings of the Workshop : Microbial Degradation of Pollutants in Marine Environments, Pensacola Beach, Florida, 9-14 April 1978 (Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ;, 1979), by Fla.) Workshop: Microbial Degradation of Pollutants in Marine Environments (1978 : Pensacola Beach, P. H. Pritchard, A. W. Bourquin, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Georgia State University, and Fla.) Environmental Research Laboratory (Gulf Breeze (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the workshop : biodegradation kinetics : Navarre Beach, Florida, 18-20 October 1983 (Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1985), by Fla.) Workshop on Biodegradation Kinetics (1983 : Navarre Beach, A. W. Bourquin, and Fla.) Environmental Research Laboratory (Gulf Breeze (page images at HathiTrust)

• Dégradation de de l'espece humaine par l'usage des corps a baleine : ouvrage dans lequel on demontre que c'est aller contre les loix de la nature, augmenter la dépopulation, & abâtardir, pour ainsi dire, l'homme, que de le mettre a la torture, des les premiers instans de son existence, sous prétexte de le former (chez Hérissant ..., 1770), by Jacques Bonnaud, Herissant, and Real Colegio de Cirugía de San Carlos (Madrid) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Workshop on bioremediation of hazardous wastes (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Research Information, 1989), by Center for Environmental Research Information (U.S.) and United States Environmental Protection Agency (page images at HathiTrust)

• BIOMOC, a multispecies solute transport model with biodegradation (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ;, 1997), by Hedeff I. Essaid, Barbara A. Bekins, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Development and application of protocols for evaluation of oil spill bioremediation (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, 1998), by Joe Eugene Lepo, C. R. Cripe, and National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Performance evaluations at two sites (National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2003), by Richard T. Wilkin, Robert W. Puls, United States Environmental Protection Agency, and National Risk Management Research Laboratory (U.S.). Office of Research and Development (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bioremediation using the land treatment concept (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1993), by John E. Matthews, Daniel F. Pope, and Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Methodologies for evaluating in-situ bioremediation of chlorinated solvents / by: Lewis Semprini ... [et al.], Dept. of Civil Engineering; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1992), by Stephen G. Schmelling, Wayne C. Downs, Lewis Semprini, Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory, and United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development (page images at HathiTrust)
• The use of plants for the removal of toxic metals from contaminated soils (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2000), by Mitch M. Lasat and United States (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pilot-scale demonstration of a slurry-phase biological reactor for creosote-contaminated soil : applications analysis report. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1993), by Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation Program (U.S.), IT Corporation, and Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An analysis of composting as an environmental remediation technology. ([U. S. Environmental Protection Agency] ;, 1998), by United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fluidized-bed adsorption bioreactor for the treatment of groundwater contaminated with solvents at low concentration (US Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory ;, 1999), by Paul H. Miyares, Courtland James Martel, Cynthia V. Teeter, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.), and Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Trace element research using coniferous forest soil/litter microcosms (Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ;, 1977), by B. Lighthart, M. Ricard, H. Bond, Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory. Terrestrial Ecology Branch, and Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ammonium nitrate encourages decomposition of ponderosa pine needles under laboratory conditions (Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1969), by William H. Kruse and Colo.) Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Fort Collins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rates of forest floor decomposition and nutrient turnover in aspen, pine, and spruce stands on two different soils (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station, 1982), by Donald A. Perala, David H. Alban, and Minn.) North Central Forest Experiment Station (Saint Paul (page images at HathiTrust)
• Predicting duff consumption from prescribed burns on conifer clearcuts in western Oregon and western Washington (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest Research Station, 1986), by Susan N. Little, Janet L. Ohmann, Roger D. Ottmar, and Or.) Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms, With Observations on Their Habits, by Charles Darwin
  • HTML with commentary at Charles Darwin Online
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• Über Fäulnissbacterien und deren Beziehungen zur Septicämie : ein Beitrag zur Morphologie der Speltpilze (F.C.W. Vogel, 1885), by Gustav Hauser (page images at HathiTrust)
• La decomposition des matières organiques et les formes d'humus dans leurs rapports avec l'agriculture (Berger-Levrault et cie, 1902), by Ewald Wollny and Edmond Henry (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Lehre von der Fäulniss : auf physiologischer Grundlage (Hirschwald, 1879), by Arnold Hiller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die in der Atmosphäre vorhandenen organisirten körperchen, Prüfung der Lehre von der Urzeugung. Abhandlung (W. Engelmann, 1892), by Louis Pasteur and A. Wieler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essai pour servir a l'histoire de la putref́action (P. Fr. Didot le Jeune, 1766), by Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Darlus Thiroux d'Arconville (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gährungserscheinungen; Untersuchungen über Gährung, Fäulniss und Verwesung mit Berücksichtigung der Miasmen und Contagien sowie der Desinfection, für Ärzte, Naturforscher, Landwirthe, und Techniker. (Engelmann, 1867), by Ernst Hallier (page images at HathiTrust)
• La digestion animale et la putréfaction; comparaison des phénomènes diastasiques ... (Impr. nouvelle (Association ouvrière), 1902), by E. Martelly (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An investigation into the question of early putrefaction of eviscerated fish in which the gills have been left (Pub. by authority of the Sub-Committee of the Privy Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 1919), by Louis Gross and Canada. Honorary Advisory Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Massenverhältnisse des menschlichen Herzens. (Voss, 1883), by Wilhelm Müller (page images at HathiTrust)

• Anaerobic fermentation of agricultural residue : potential for improvement and implementation : final report, volume II (New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, 1980), by William J. Jewell and United States. Dept. of Energy. Fuels from Biomass Systems Branch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Natural alternative for using nutrients from livestock and farm operations, municipalities, and industries (National Agroforestry Center, USDA, 2000), by National Agroforestry Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The degradation of aromatic hydrocarbon ground water contaminants using Fe(II)-hydroxamates : final report (University of California Water Resources Center, 1998), by William H. Casey and California Water Resources Center (page images at HathiTrust)

• Biodegradation of atrazine in subsurface environments (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory, 1992), by Jim Sinclair, Tony R. Lee, and Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)

• Biological degradation of cellulose acetate reverse osmosis membranes (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1968), by P. H. Allen, O. S. Schaeffler, B. J. Mechalas, Paul A. Cantor, United States. Office of Saline Water, and Aerojet-General Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effects of trans α-hydroxyl groups in alkaline degradation of glycosidic bonds (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, 1972), by R. M. Rowell and J. Green (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bijdrage tot de kennis der cellulosegisting (T.M.H. Leonards, 1890), by Antonie Hendrikus Catharinus van Senus (page images at HathiTrust)
• Microbial degradation of cellulose (Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, 1961), by Kendall W. King (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Effects of weathering on impregnated charcoal performance (Washington, D. C. : Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Division of Safeguards, Fuel Cycle and Environmental Research, 1978., 1978), by Victor R. Deitz, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), and Fuel Cycle U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Division of Safeguards (page images at HathiTrust)

• Study of vinyl chloride formation at landfill sites in California (Materials & Chemical Sciences Center, Materials & Chemicals Applications Dept., Chemical Process Development Section, Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, 1987), by Peter M. Molton, John W. Pyne, Richard T. Hallen, California Air Resources Board, and Pacific Northwest Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)

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