Aerobic degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether in a closed symbiotic system containing a mixed culture of Chlorella ellipsoidea and Methylibium petroleiphilum PM1

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 185, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 1249-1255

  Zhong, Weihong ^a   Li, Yixiao ^a   Sun, Kedan ^a   Jin, Jing ^a   Li, Xuanzhen ^a   Zhang, Fuming ^b   Chen, Jianmeng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal bacterial symbiotic system; Biodegradation; Chlorella ellipsoidea; Methyl tert butyl ether; Methylibium petroleiphilum PM1

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC DEGRADATION; ALGAL-BACTERIAL SYMBIOTIC SYSTEM; BACTERIAL CULTURES; CELL POPULATIONS; CHLORELLA ELLIPSOIDEA; DEGRADATION RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; GEL BEADS; IMMOBILIZED CULTURE; METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; METHYLIBIUM PETROLEIPHILUM PM1; MIXED BACTERIA; MIXED CULTURES;

ALGAE; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ETHERS; GELS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DEGRADATION;

OXYGEN; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

ALGA; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GEL; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MTBE; OXIC CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; CELL POPULATION; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA ELLIPSOIDEA; DEGRADATION; IMMOBILIZATION; METHYLIBIUM PETROLEIPHILUM; MIXED CELL CULTURE;

AEROBIOSIS; CHLORELLA; METHYL ETHERS; PROTEOBACTERIA; SYMBIOSIS;

'CHLORELLA' ELLIPSOIDEA; ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLIBIUM PETROLEIPHILUM;

EID: 78649963613     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.10.038     Document Type: Article

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