6:2 and 8:2 fluorotelomer alcohol anaerobic biotransformation in digester sludge from a WWTP under methanogenic conditions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4227-4235

  Zhang, Shu ^a   Szostek, Bogdan ^b   McCausland, Patricia K ^b   Wolstenholme, Barry W ^b   Lu, Xiaoxia ^a   Wang, Ning ^b   Buck, Robert C ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BIOTRANSFORMATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION INTERMEDIATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIXES; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOLS; METHANOGENIC CONDITION; PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; TRANSIENT INTERMEDIATE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BIOCONVERSION;

ALCOHOL; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOL; HEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROALKYL CARBOXYLATE; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; LIFE CYCLE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SLUDGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIC BIOTRANSFORMATION; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SLUDGE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; KINETICS; METHANE; SEWAGE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84877619310     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4000824     Document Type: Article

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