Sorption to humic acids enhances polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 7205-7211

  Smith, Kilian E C ^a,b   Thullner, Martin ^a   Wick, Lukas Y ^a   Harms, Hauke ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; CONTROLLED DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED FRACTION; HUMIC ACID; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SPHINGOMONAS SP;

ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROXYLATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; SORPTION; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

HUMIC ACID; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMIC ACID; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PAH; SORPTION;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; SOLUBILITY; SPHINGOMONAS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; PHENANTHRENES; SPHINGOMONAS;

SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 70349626030     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es803661s     Document Type: Article

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