Enhanced bioremediation of fuel-oil contaminated soils: Laboratory feasibility study

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 845-853

  Tsai, T T ^a   Kao, C M ^a   Surampalli, Rao Y ^b   Chien, H Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological treatment; Oils; Petroleum; Soil pollution; Soil treatment

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CANE MOLASSES; DEGRADATION RATE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENHANCED BIOREMEDIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MICROCOSM EXPERIMENTS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OIL CONTAMINATED SOIL; OILS; PETROLEUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS SP; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SHEWANELLA SP; SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL PRETREATMENT; SOIL TREATMENT; SOIL WASHING; SURFACTANT FLUSHING; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; TREATMENT PROCESS;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEGRADATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTROPHORESIS; FUELS; GELATION; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLASSES; NUTRIENTS; OXIDATION; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; PLANNING; REMOVAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOILS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DESORPTION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROKINESIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUEL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTERFEROMETER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; OXIDATION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; SUGAR CANE; SURFACTANT;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA SP.;

EID: 69149084084     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000049     Document Type: Article

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