Incomplete hydrocarbon biodegradation in contaminated soils: Limitations in bioavailability or inherent recalcitrance?

Bioremediation Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-39

  Huesemann, Michael H ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Desorption; Hydrocarbon biodegradation; Recalcitrance; Risk; Soil bioremediation; Sorption

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPLEX MIXTURE; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONTAMINATED SOILS; ENVIRONMENTAL RECEPTORS; HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION; HYDROCARBON FRACTION; OIL AND GREASE; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); POTENTIAL RISKS; RECALCITRANCE; RECALCITRANT COMPOUNDS; RESIDUAL FRACTION; SOIL BIOREMEDIATION; SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS; SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL PORES; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; WEATHERED SOILS;

AGGLOMERATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DESORPTION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROCARBONS; MICROBIOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISKS; SOILS; SORPTION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0002308101     PISSN: 10889868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10889869709351315     Document Type: Article

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