Fluorotelomer alcohol biodegradation - Direct evidence that perfluorinated carbon chains breakdown

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7516-7528

  Wang, Ning ^a   Szostek, Bogdan ^a   Buck, Robert C ^a   Folsom, Patrick W ^a   Sulecki, Lisa M ^a   Capka, Vladimir ^b   Berti, William R ^a   Gannon, John T ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b Northwest Toxicology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; FLUORINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; RADIOISOTOPES; SAMPLING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AIR FLOW SYSTEM; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOLS (FTOH); MICROBIAL BIODEGRADATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ALCOHOLS;

ACETONITRILE; ALCOHOL; CARBON; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOL; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUOROCARBON;

BIODEGRADATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADSORPTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUORINATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ADSORPTION; ALCOHOLS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FLUOROCARBONS; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEWAGE;

EID: 26044442777     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0506760     Document Type: Article

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