6:2 Fluorotelomer alcohol aerobic biotransformation in activated sludge from two domestic wastewater treatment plants

Chemosphere

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 464-470

  Zhao, Lijie ^a   McCausland, Patricia K ^b   Folsom, Patrick W ^b   Wolstenholme, Barry W ^b   Sun, Hongwen ^a   Wang, Ning ^b   Buck, Robert C ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

5:2 Secondary polyfluorinated alcohol (5:2 sFTOH); 5:3 Polyfluorinated acid (5:3 acid); 6:2 Fluorotelomer alcohol (6:2 FTOH); Activated sludge; Aerobic biotransformation; Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; CARBOXYLATION; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

5:2 SECONDARY POLYFLUORINATED ALCOHOL (5:2 SFTOH); 5:3 POLYFLUORINATED ACID (5:3 ACID); 6:2 FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOL (6:2 FTOH); ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC BIOTRANSFORMATION; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID (PFHXA);

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

6:2 FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOL; ACID; ALCOHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALCOHOL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84878105639     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.02.032     Document Type: Article

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