Biostimulation of anaerobic BTEX biodegradation under fermentative methanogenic conditions at source-zone groundwater contaminated with a biodiesel blend (B20)

Biodegradation

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 333-341

  Ramos, Débora Toledo ^a   da Silva, Márcio Luis Busi ^b   Chiaranda, Helen Simone ^a   Alvarez, Pedro J J ^c   Corseuil, Henry Xavier ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetate; Biodiesel; Biostimulation; BTEX; Methanogenic; Natural attenuation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; BIODIESEL; BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACETATE; BIOSTIMULATION; BTEX; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; METHANOGENIC; METHANOGENIC CONDITION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; THERMODYNAMIC FEASIBILITY;

NATURAL ATTENUATION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFUEL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; FERMENTATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROWTH RATE; METHANOGENESIS; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER TABLE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; DESULFOMICROBIUM; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFUROMONAS; DESULFUROMUSA; EURYARCHAEOTA; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTERACEAE; PELOBACTER;

EID: 84876884574     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-012-9589-y     Document Type: Article

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