Enhanced bioremediation of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) by microbial consortia obtained from contaminated aquifer material

Chemosphere

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-155

  Volpe, Angela ^a   Del Moro, Guido ^a   Rossetti, Simona ^b   Tandoi, Valter ^b   Lopez, Antonio ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Groundwater; In situ bioremediation; Microcosms; MTBE

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION RATES; CONCENTRATION RANGES; CONTAMINATED AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; CONTINUOUS MIXING; DEGRADATION RATES; ENHANCED BIOREMEDIATION; EXCESS OXYGENS; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU BIOREMEDIATION; INCUBATION PERIODS; LAG PHASE; METHYL-TERT-BUTYL ETHERS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGICAL SCREENINGS; MICROCOSM STUDIES; MICROCOSMS; MTBE; N HEXANES; NITRITE IONS; OIL REFINERIES; OPERATING TIME; PHOSPHATE SALTS; RESIDUAL CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL BACTERIA; STUDY SITES; TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOLS; TERT-BUTYL FORMATES; THIRD GENERATIONS; ZERO-ORDER KINETICS;

ALCOHOLS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AQUIFERS; BACTERIOLOGY; BATCH REACTORS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEGRADATION; ETHERS; FLUORESCENCE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEXANE; HYDROGEOLOGY; METABOLISM; OXYGEN; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PHOSPHORUS; PROPANE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INCUBATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; MTBE; REFINING INDUSTRY; SOIL POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; METHYL ETHERS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 61849184397     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.12.053     Document Type: Article

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