Bio-traps coupled with molecular biological methods and stable isotope probing demonstrate the in situ biodegradation potential of MTBE and TBA in gasoline-contaminated aquifers

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 47-62

  Busch Harris, Jennifer ^a   Sublette, Kerry ^a   Roberts, Kenneth P ^a   Landrum, Carla ^a   Peacock, Aaron D ^b   Davis, Greg ^c   Ogles, Dora ^c   Holmes, William E ^d,e   Harris, David ^e   Ota, Christopher ^f   Yang, Xiaomin ^g   Kolhatkar, Arati ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b Haley and Aldrich   (United States)

^c Microbial Insights Incorporated   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Delta Consultants   (United States)

^g BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ALCOHOLS; AQUIFERS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; DNA; ESTERS; ETHERS; ETHYLBENZENE; FATTY ACIDS; GAS ADSORPTION; GASOLINE; GENES; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LEACHING; LIPIDS; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

A CARBONS; AQUIFER CONDITIONS; BENZENE , TOLUENE , ETHYLBENZENE , AND XYLENES; BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS; BUTYL ETHERS; CONTAMINATED AQUIFERS; DEGRADATION POTENTIALS; ELECTRON DONORS; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTERS; IN-SITU; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPIDS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL METHODS; OKLAHOMA; PHASE ADSORPTIONS; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBONS; REDUCED PRESSURES; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CARBON ISOTOPE; DNA; FATTY ACID; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; MTBE; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLLUTION CONTROL; PROBE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 57249083983     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2008.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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