Polarizability and spin density correlate with the relative anaerobic biodegradability of alkylaromatic hydrocarbons

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4995-5000

  Beasley, Keisha K ^a   Gieg, Lisa M ^b,c   Suflita, Joseph M ^b   Nanny, Mark A ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL BENZENE; ALKYLAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADABILITY; ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; ANAEROBIC ENVIRONMENT; BENZYL RADICALS; CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; FUMARATE; GAUSSIAN; ISOPROPYLBENZENE; P-VALUES; PARENT COMPOUNDS; POLARIZABILITY; RELATIVE RATES; SPIN DENSITIES; STABLE RADICALS; SULFATE-REDUCING CONDITIONS;

ADDITION REACTIONS; AQUIFERS; BIOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); GAS CONDENSATES; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SPIN DYNAMICS; XYLENE;

BIODEGRADATION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; FUMARIC ACID; SULFATE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUIFER POLLUTION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIODEGRADATION; METABOLISM; POLARIZATION; REDUCTION;

ACCELERATION; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTAMINATION; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ELECTRONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUMARATES; GASES; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SOLUBILITY; SULFATES;

EID: 67649977554     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9003558     Document Type: Article

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