Complications with remediation strategies involving the biodegradation and detoxification of recalcitrant contaminant aromatic hydrocarbons

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 4093-4101

  Frenzel, Max ^a,b   Scarlett, Alan ^a   Rowland, Steven J ^a   Galloway, Tamara S ^a   Burton, Sara K ^b   Lappin Scott, Hilary M ^b   Booth, Andy M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrocarbons; Biodegradation; Mytilus edulis; Toxicity; UCM

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC CONTROLS; BACTERIAL CELLS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CLEARANCE RATES; COMPOUND DISTRIBUTIONS; COMPREHENSIVE TWO-DIMENSIONAL GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEPURATION; GC-TOF-MS; HYDROCARBON FRACTION; IN-CONTROL; MARINE ORGANISMS; MYTILUS EDULIS; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; TIME OF FLIGHT; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS; TOXICOLOGICAL RESPONSE; UNRESOLVED COMPLEX MIXTURES;

AROMATIZATION; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE OIL; DEGRADATION; DETOXIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MARINE BIOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PELLETIZING; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM; SEA WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIVALVE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETOXIFICATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CLEARANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; MYTILUS EDULIS; PETROLEUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 77954623707     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.04.042     Document Type: Article

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