Environmental influences on the partitioning and diffusion of hydrophobic organic contaminants in microbial biofilms

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1990-1996

  Wicke, Daniel ^a   Böckelmann, Uta ^a   Reemtsma, Thorsten ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM RIGIDITY; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; MICROBIAL BIOFILMS;

BIOFILMS; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROORGANISMS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

1 HYDROXY 2 NAPHTHOIC ACID; 3 HYDROXY PHENANTHRENE; CALCIUM ION; FLUORANTHENE; HUMIC ACID; NAPHTHOL DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHENANTHRENE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROORGANISMS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PARTITIONING;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADSORPTION; BIOFILMS; CALCIUM; DESICCATION; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SINORHIZOBIUM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 41849128121     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es702267s     Document Type: Article

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