Development of an attached-growth process for the on-site bioremediation of an aquifer polluted by chlorinated solvents

Biodegradation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 337-350

  Frascari, Dario ^a   Bucchi, Giacomo ^a   Doria, Francesco ^a   Rosato, Antonella ^a   Tavanaie, Nasrin ^a   Salviulo, Raffaele ^a   Ciavarelli, Roberta ^a   Pinelli, Davide ^a   Fraraccio, Serena ^a   Zanaroli, Giulio ^a   Fava, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerobic cometabolism; Biofilm; Chlorinated solvents; Microbial community analysis; Packed bed reactor

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; AQUIFERS; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; BUTANE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MICROORGANISMS; PACKED BEDS; PROTEINS; SITE SELECTION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

1 ,1 ,2 ,2-TETRACHLOROETHANE; AEROBIC COMETABOLISM; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; CHEMICAL PRE-TREATMENT; CHLORINATED SOLVENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; PACKED BED REACTOR;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLORINATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PROTEIN; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

1,1,2,2-TETRACHLOROETHANE; BUTANE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; ETHANE; GROUND WATER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; BUTANES; ETHANE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; TEMPERATURE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84898963775     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-013-9664-z     Document Type: Article

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