Monitoring the primary biodegradation of linear alkylbenzene sulfonates and their coproducts in anoxic sediments using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3580-3586

  Lara Martín, Pablo A ^a   Gómez Parra, Abelardo ^a   Köchling, Thorsten ^b   Sanz, José Luis ^b   González Mazo, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION PROCESS; SULFOPHENYLCARBOXYLIC ACIDS (SPC);

BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLITES; SEDIMENTS;

ESTERS;

ALKYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; DIALKYL TETRALIN SULFONATE DERIVATIVE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; ALKYLBENZYL SULFONIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; WATER;

BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTERS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLITES; SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; MICROCOSM; SORPTION;

ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; ISOMER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOMERISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; SEDIMENT;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOMERISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; WATER;

EID: 34250851829     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062373r     Document Type: Article

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