Effects of inorganic nutrient levels on the biodegradation of benzene, toluene, and xylene (BTX) by Pseudomonas spp. in a laboratory porous media sand aquifer model

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 7807-7815

  Jean, Jiin Shuh ^a   Lee, Ming Kuo ^b   Wang, Shih Ming ^a   Chattopadhyay, Pabitra ^a   Maity, Jyoti Prakash ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; BTX; Inorganic nutrients; Porous media sand; Pseudomonas spp.

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BACTERIOLOGY; BENZENE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CELLS; DEGRADATION; FULLERENES; GLASS MANUFACTURE; MICROBIOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; POROUS MATERIALS; SULFATE MINERALS; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; AMMONIUM CHLORIDES; AQUIFER MODEL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BENZENE , TOLUENE , AND XYLENE (BTX); DOMINANT SPECIES; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; ELSEVIER (CO); FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; INCUBATION PERIODS; INORGANIC NUTRIENTS; LOW TEMPERATURE (LTR); MICROBIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NUTRIENT LEVELS; POROUS MEDIUMS; PSEUDOMONAS SPP; ROD-SHAPED; SAND TANK; SPHERICAL(PIVOT);

NUTRIENTS;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BENZENE; PHOSPHATE; SULFATE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADAPTATION; AQUIFER; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; DOMINANCE; ELECTRON; GLASS; GROWTH RATE; LABORATORY METHOD; LOW TEMPERATURE; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHATE; POROUS MEDIUM; SAND; SULFATE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; LOW TEMPERATURE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS;

AEROBIOSIS; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BASE SEQUENCE; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOOD; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHATES; POROSITY; PSEUDOMONAS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFATES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 45449086666     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.01.064     Document Type: Article

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