Degradation of MTBE and TEA by a new isolate from MTBE-contaminated soil

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1120-1124

  ZHANG, Rui ling ^a,b   HUANG, Guo qiang ^a,b   LIAN, Jing yan ^c   LI, Xin gang ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Engineering Research Center for Distillation Technology   (China)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

biodegradation; methyl tert butyl ether (MTBE); tert butyl alcohol (TEA)

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BUTENES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ETHERS; FUEL ADDITIVES; PEPTIDES;

CONTAMINATED SOIL; METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER; TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOL;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION; BUTENES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ETHERS; FUEL ADDITIVES; PEPTIDES; SOIL POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MTBE; PEPTIDE; PH; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSEOBACTERIUM;

ETHER DERIVATIVE; METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER; PRIMER DNA; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; METHYL ETHERS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOL;

EID: 34548413996     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(07)60182-X     Document Type: Article

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