Effect of ethanol on the biodegradation of gasoline in an unsaturated tropical soil

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 208-216

  Österreicher Cunha, Patricia ^a   Vargas Jr , Eurípedes do Amaral ^a   Guimarães, Jean Rémy Davée ^b   Lago, Gabriel Paiva ^a   Antunes, Franklin dos Santos ^a   da Silva, Maria Isabel Pais ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Ethanol amended gasoline; Microbial activity; Unsaturated soil

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; ETHANOL; GASOLINE; MICROBIOLOGY; NATURAL GASOLINE; POROUS MATERIALS; SOILS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

BIODEGRADATION PROCESSES; DEGRADABILITY; DISTRIBUTION PROCESSES; ETHANOL-AMENDED GASOLINE; LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; UNDISTURBED (IGC: D6/D7); UNSATURATED SOIL;

BIODEGRADATION;

BIODEGRADATION; BTEX; ETHANOL; INFILTRATION; LEAKAGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; STORAGE TANK; TROPICAL SOIL; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 58749101488     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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