Assessment of trace organic chemical removal by a membrane bioreactor using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and a yeast screen bioassay

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2537-2545

  Coleman, Heather M ^a   Troester, Martin ^a   Khan, Stuart J ^a   McDonald, James A ^a   Watkins, Graeme ^b   Stuetz, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MidCoast Water   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Membrane bioreactors; Personal care products; Pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

4-TERT-OCTYLPHENOL; ANDROGENIC ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; BIOMASS COMPONENTS; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL RATE; SALICYLIC ACIDS; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; TRICLOSAN; YEAST ASSAY; YEAST SCREEN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ADSORPTION; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REMOVAL; SPECTROMETRY; YEAST;

BIOREACTORS;

4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SALICYLIC ACID; TRACE ELEMENT; TRICLOSAN;

ANDROGEN; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SORPTION; TRACE ELEMENT; YEAST;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR EQUIPMENT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FUNGAL BIOMASS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; YEAST;

ANDROGENS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; ESTROGENS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION; YEASTS;

EID: 73449099298     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-531.1     Document Type: Article

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