Study of an aquifer contaminated by ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE): Site characterization and on-site bioremediation

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 201-202, Issue , 2012, Pages 236-243

  Fayolle Guichard, Françoise ^a   Durand, Jonathan ^b,c   Cheucle, Mathilde ^c   Rosell, Mònica ^d   Michelland, Rory Julien ^e,f,g   Tracol, Jean Philippe ^c   Le Roux, Françoise ^a   Grundman, Geneviève ^e,f,g   Atteia, Olivier ^b   Richnow, Hans H ^d   Dumestre, Alain ^c   Benoit, Yves ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b Institut EGID Bordeaux 3   (France)

^c SERPOL   (France)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^g CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bioaugmentation; Carbon isotopic fractionation; EthB gene; Ethyl tert butyl ether (ETBE); Groundwater; Quantitative real time PCR (q PCR)

Indexed keywords

BIO-AUGMENTATION; CYTOCHROME P450; DEGRADATION RATE; ETHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER; ETHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER (ETBE); HIGH CONCENTRATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; MICROFLORA; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; TERT BUTANOL;

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DEGRADATION; ETHERS; GENE ENCODING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PILOT PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYTOCHROME P450; ETHER DERIVATIVE; ETHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; GASOLINE; GROUND WATER; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENE EXPRESSION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INOCULATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PLUME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLUME; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BURKHOLDERIA; ETHYL ETHERS; FRANCE; GASOLINE; GROUNDWATER; RHODOCOCCUS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

RHODOCOCCUS AETHERIVORANS; RHODOCOCCUS WRATISLAVIENSIS;

EID: 84855340015     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.11.074     Document Type: Article

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