Anaerobic biodegradation of alicyclic constituents of gasoline and natural gas condensate by bacteria from an anoxic aquifer

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 129-135

  Townsend, G Todd ^a   Prince, Roger C ^b   Suflita, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic biodegradation; Aquifer; Bioremediation; Gas condensate; Gasoline; Hydrocarbons; Methanogenesis; Subsurface microbiology; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

ALICYCLIC COMPOUND; ALICYCLIC HYDROCARBON; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTENE DERIVATIVE; GASOLINE; METHYL GROUP; NATURAL GAS; SULFATE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; AQUIFER; CARBON METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ISOMER; METHANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSIL FUELS; FRESH WATER; HYDROCARBONS, ALICYCLIC; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 2942648349     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsec.2003.08.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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