Microbially mediated degradation of common pharmaceuticals and personal care products in soil under aerobic and reduced oxygen conditions

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 216, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 633-642

  Carr, Deborah L ^a   Morse, Audra N ^b   Zak, John C ^a   Anderson, Todd A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Effluent; Irrigation; Personal care products; Pharmaceuticals; Soil

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; AEROBIC CONDITION; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; EXPOSED SOIL; HALF LIVES; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PHARMACEUTICAL AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PHARMACEUTICALS; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; RAPID DEGRADATION; SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS; TRICLOSAN; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; IRRIGATION; OXYGEN; RADIOACTIVITY; WASTEWATER;

SOILS;

CIPROFLOXACIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; IBUPROFEN; TRICLOSAN;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; DRUG; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REDUCTION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 79951954224     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0558-y     Document Type: Article

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