PAH mineralization and bacterial organotolerance in surface sediments of the Charleston Harbor estuary

Biodegradation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 257-266

  Montgomery, Michael T ^a   Boyd, Thomas J ^a   Osburn, Christopher L ^b   Smith, David C ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial production; Naphthalene; Organotolerance; PAH mineralization; SVOC

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ASSEMBLAGES; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; COMMON FEATURES; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; ESTUARINE WATERS; PULP MILL EFFLUENT; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; EFFLUENTS; ESTUARIES; MINERALOGY; NAPHTHALENE; OUTFALLS; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TOLERANCE; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; SEASON; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIOLOGY; CARBON; EFFLUENTS; ESTUARIES; NAPHTHALENES; OUTFALLS; PAPER MILLS; PULP MILLS; THUJA; VOC;

CHARLESTON HARBOR; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77950458451     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-009-9298-3     Document Type: Article

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