Transport behavior of surrogate biological warfare agents in a simulated landfill: Effect of leachate recirculation and water infiltration

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 8622-8628

  Saikaly, Pascal E ^a,c   Hicks, Kristin ^b   Barlaz, Morton A ^b   De Los Reyes Iii, Francis L ^b  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS; BIOTERRORIST ATTACKS; BW AGENTS; LEACHATE RECIRCULATION; LEACHATES; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOR; WATER INFILTRATION;

BACTERIOLOGY; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DEBRIS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS;

REFUSE DISPOSAL;

BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFILTRATION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPORE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENT; BIOREACTOR; BUILDING DECONTAMINATION RESIDUE; DNA EXTRACTION; LANDFILL LEACHATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SHIGELLA; SIMULATION; SYNTHETIC BUILDING DEBRIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA; WATER INFILTRATION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACILLUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS; BIOREACTORS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 78449246551     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101937a     Document Type: Article

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