The application of a mulch biofilm barrier for surfactant enhanced polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon bioremediation

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-101

  Seo, Youngwoo ^a   Lee, Woo Hyung ^a   Sorial, George ^a   Bishop, Paul L ^a  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; EPS; PAH; Permeable reactive biobarrier; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; HYDROCARBONS; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SORPTION; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

BIOBARRIER; BIOFILM FORMATIONS; EPS; PAH; PAH DEGRADERS; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BIOBARRIER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; STABLE OPERATIONS; STRUCTURAL COMPOSITIONS; SURFACTANT; SURFACTANT EFFECTS; TOXIC EFFECTS;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

PHENANTHRENE; POLYMER; PYRENE;

BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MONITORING; PAH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PYRENE; SOLUBILITY; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOREMEDIATION; MICELLIZATION; PROTEIN CONTENT; SOIL DEGRADATION;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; MICELLES; OCTOXYNOL; PHENANTHRENES; PLANTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 56449093802     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.07.022     Document Type: Article

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