Application of the OECD 301F respirometric test for the biodegradability assessment of various potential endocrine disrupting chemicals

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3458-3467

  Stasinakis, Athanasios S ^a   Petalas, Anastasios V ^a,b   Mamais, Daniel ^b   Thomaidis, Nikolaos S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biodegradation kinetics; EDCs; Respirometry; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIODEGRADATION; HORMONES; PHENOLS; TOXICITY;

BIODEGRADATION KINETICS; RESPIROMETRY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

4 N NONYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; NONANOIC ACID; NONYLPHENOL DIETHOXYLATE; NONYLPHENOL MONOETHOXYLATE; PERFLUORONONANOATE; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; TRICLOSAN; FLUOROCARBON; NONYLPHENOL; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIODEGRADATION; HORMONES; PHENOLS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HALF LIFE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; REACTION KINETICS; RESPIRATION; TOXICITY TEST; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOTIC STRESS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DETOXIFICATION; HALF LIFE TIME; KINETICS; MANOMETRY; MARINE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIROMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO FISCHERI;

AEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FLUOROCARBONS; OCTANOIC ACIDS; PHENOLS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOXICITY TESTS; TRICLOSAN; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 43849103502     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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