Successful treatment of an MTBE-impacted aquifer using a bioreactor self-colonized by native aquifer bacteria

Biodegradation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-53

  Hicks, Kristin A ^a   Schmidt, Radomir ^a   Nickelsen, Michael G ^b   Boyle, Susan L ^b   Baker, Jeffrey M ^c   Tornatore, Paul M ^b   Hristova, Krassimira R ^a,d   Scow, Kate M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HALEY AND ALDRICH INC   (United States)

^c Tesoro Companies Inc   (United States)

^d MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Bioreactor; GAC; Groundwater; Methylibium petroleiphilum PM1; MTBE

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; GAC; METHYLIBIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MTBE; REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOLOGY; BIOREACTORS; BIOREMEDIATION; DNA SEQUENCES; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; COLONIZATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INOCULATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER TREATMENT;

CALIFORNIA; HOLLYWOOD [LOS ANGELES]; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLIBIUM PETROLEIPHILUM;

ETHER DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; RNA 16S; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIAL LOAD; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CALIFORNIA; GROUNDWATER; METHYL ETHERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84892431332     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-013-9639-0     Document Type: Article

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