Cometabolic biodegradation of methyl t-butyl ether by Pseudomonas aeruginosa grown on pentane

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 498-503

  Garnier, P M ^a   Auria, R ^a,b   Augur, C ^a   Revah, S ^b  

^a ORSTOM   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PENTANE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOIL POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CULTURE MEDIA; METHYL ETHERS; PENTANES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032898390     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051423     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Cowan RM, Park K (1996) Biodegradation of the gasoline oxygenates MTBE, ETBE, TAME, TBA and TAA by aerobic mixed culture. In: Proceedings of the 28th Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, Buffalo, NY, pp 523-530
2. Eweis JB, Chang DPY, Schroeder ED (1997) Meeting the challenge of MTBE biodegradation. In: Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association's 90th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, June 8-13, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 97-RA133.06
3. Hardison LK, Curry SS, Ciuffetti LM, Hyman MR (1997) Metabolism of diethyl ether and cometabolism of methyl ter-butyl ether by a filamentous fungus, a Graphium sp. Appl Environ Microbiol 63: 3059-3067
4. Mo K, Lora CO, Wanken AE, Javanmardian M, Yang X, Kulpa CF (1997) Biodegradation of methyl t-butyl ether by pure bacterial cultures. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 47: 69-72
5. Moller H Arvin E (1990) Solubility and degradability of the gasoline additive MTBE, methyl-tert-butyl-ether and gasoline compounds in water. In: Arendt F, Hinsenveld M, Brink WJ van den (eds), Contaminated soil 90. Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp 445-448
6. Mormile MR, Liu S, Suflita JM (1994) Anaerobic biodegradation of gasoline oxygenates: extrapolation of information to multiple sites and redox conditions. Environ Sci Technol 28: 1727-1732
7. Mosteller DC, Reardon KF, Bourquin AW, Desilets B, Dumont D, Hines R, Kilkenny S (1997) Biotreatment of MTBE-contaminated ground water. Division of Environmental Chemistry Preprints of Extended Abstracts 37(1)
8. Pirt SJ (1975) Principles of microbe and cell cultivation. Halsted Press Book. Wiley, NY, pp 24, 182, 183
9. Salanitro JP, Diaz LA, Williams MP, Wisniewski HL (1994) Isolation of a bacterial culture that degrades methyl t-butyl ether. Appl Environ Microbiol 60: 2593-2596
10. Steffan RJ, McClay K, Vainberg S, Condee CW, Zhang D (1997) Biodegradation of the gasoline oxygenates methyl ter-butyl ether, ethyl tert-butyl ether, and tert-amyl ether by propane-oxidizing bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 63: 4216-4222
11. Suflita JM, Mormile MR (1993) Anaerobic biodegradation of known and potential gasoline oxygenates in the terrestrial subsurface. Environ Sci Technol 27: 976-978
12. Whittenbury RW, Phillips KC, Wilkinson JF (1970) Enrichment, isolation and some properties of methane-utilizing bacteria. J Gen Microbiol 61: 205-218
13. Wolf KH, Venus J (1992) Description of the delayed microbial growth by an extend logistic equation. Acta Biotechnol 12: 405-410
14. Yeh CK, Novak JT (1994) Anaerobic biodegradation of gasoline oxygenates in soil. Water Environ Res 66: 744-752