Groundwater microbial analysis to assess enhanced BTEX biodegradation by nitrate injection at a gasohol-contaminated site

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 67, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-27

  da Silva, Marcio Luis Busi ^a   Corseuil, Henry Xavier ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benzylsuccinate synthase; Biomarker; BTEX; Denitrification; Ethanol; Oxygenases; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

16S RDNA; BENZYLSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS; BIODEGRADATION RATE; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIPHENYL DIOXYGENASE; BTEX; CATABOLIC GENES; CENTERLINES; CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; CONTAMINATED SITES; DEGRADATION POTENTIAL; FIRST-ORDER; GENE COPY NUMBER; GEOBACTER; MICROBIAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MONOOXYGENASES; NAPHTHALENE DIOXYGENASE; NITRATE CONSUMPTION; NITRATE INJECTION; NITRATE-REDUCING BACTERIA; NON-FUNCTIONAL; OXYGENASES; PHENOL HYDROXYLASE; QUANTITATIVE PCR; REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE PCR; REMOVAL RATE; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; TOLUENE DIOXYGENASE;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; BENZENE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMARKERS; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; ETHANOL; ETHYLBENZENE; GASOHOL; GASOLINE; GENES; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRON COMPOUNDS; METHANOGENS; MICROBIOLOGY; NAPHTHALENE; NITRATES; PHENOLS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

BIODEGRADATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUIFER POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; BTEX; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; FUEL; GENE EXPRESSION; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REACTION RATE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER;

EID: 83455171858     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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