Harnessing oil sands microbial communities for use in ex situ naphthenic acid bioremediation

Chemosphere

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 78-85

  Demeter, Marc A ^a   Lemire, Joe ^a   George, Iain ^a   Yue, Gordon ^a   Ceri, Howard ^a   Turner, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Bioreactor; Bioremediation; Naphthenic acids; Oil sands; Tailings ponds

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYCLOHEXANE; HEAVY METALS; MAMMALS; NAPHTHAS; OIL SANDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SAND;

CYCLOHEXANE CARBOXYLIC ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MULTI-SPECIES BIOFILMS; NAPHTHENIC ACID; OIL SANDS PROCESS WATERS; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TAILINGS POND;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS;

ACETIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CYCLOHEXANE; CYCLOHEXANE ACETIC ACID; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; DILUTION; GROWTH RATE; HEAVY METAL; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OIL SAND; ORGANIC ACID; OXIC CONDITIONS; PLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSORPTION; CARBON SOURCE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA EXTRACTION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OIL SANDS PROCESS WATER; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAND; SOIL MICROFLORA;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; NAPHTHENIC ACIDS; OIL SANDS; TAILINGS PONDS;

ALBERTA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84892998620     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.11.016     Document Type: Article

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