Metabolism of BTEX and naphtha compounds to methane in oil sands tailings

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2350-2356

  Siddique, Tariq ^a   Fedorak, Phillip M ^a   Mackinnon, Michael D ^b   Foght, Julia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; TAILINGS;

BTEX COMPOUNDS; NAPHTHA COMPOUNDS; OIL SANDS TAILINGS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; AROMATIC COMPOUND; ASPHALT; BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; HEPTANE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; NONANE; OCTANE; OIL; ORTHO XYLENE; PARAFFIN; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIODEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; TAILINGS;

BIODEGRADATION; BTEX; HYDROCARBON; METABOLISM; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OIL SAND; TAILINGS;

ARTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCUBATION TIME; METABOLIC REGULATION; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SAND;

ALBERTA; ALKANES; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COMPLEX MIXTURES; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HYDROCARBONS; METHANE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

EID: 34247117028     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062852q     Document Type: Article

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