Assessing impediments to hydrocarbon biodegradation in weathered contaminated soils

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 261, Issue , 2013, Pages 847-853

  Adetutu, Eric ^a   Weber, John ^b,c   Aleer, Sam ^b,c   Dandie, Catherine E ^b,c   Aburto Medina, Arturo ^a   Ball, Andrew S ^a   Juhasz, Albert L ^b,c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment Remediation of the Environment ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

AlkB; Bioavailability; Biodegradation; Bioremediation; Hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ALKB; BIOAVAILABILITY; ENHANCED NATURAL ATTENUATIONS; HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION; HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESIDUAL CONCENTRATIONS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; EXTRACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

HYDROCARBONS;

ALKB PROTEIN; BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; HYDROCARBON; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; HYDROCARBON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BULK DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENHANCED NATURAL ATTENUATION; EXTRACTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SAND; SANDY LOAM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ALKB; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; HYDROCARBONS;

ALKANE 1-MONOOXYGENASE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROCARBONS; RHODOCOCCUS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84886293477     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.01.052     Document Type: Article

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