Co-transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by motile microorganisms leads to enhanced mass transfer under diffusive conditions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4368-4375

  Gilbert, Dorothea ^a,b   Jakobsen, Hans H ^a   Winding, Anne ^a   Mayer, Philipp ^a,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS TRANSFER; NAPHTHALENE; O RINGS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PYRENE; SILICONES;

CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; DIFFUSIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC CHEMICALS; MASS TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; MOTILE MICRO-ORGANISMS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

MICROORGANISMS;

METHANOL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SILICONE;

ALKENE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CILIATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSIVITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS TRANSFER; MICROORGANISM; MOTILITY; PAH;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMOTAXIS; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DIFFUSION; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOVEMENT; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 84898924871     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es404793u     Document Type: Article

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