Production of PFOS from aerobic soil biotransformation of two perfluoroalkyl sulfonamide derivatives

Chemosphere

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 1084-1090

  Mejia Avendaño, Sandra ^a   Liu, Jinxia ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; PFOS; Precursor; Soil; Sulfluramid

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; DEGRADATION; LEACHATE TREATMENT; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; IRREVERSIBLE SORPTION; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACIDS; PFOS; PRECURSOR; SULFLURAMID; SULFONAMIDE DERIVATIVES;

SOILS;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROALKYL SULFONAMIDE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; SULFONAMIDE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2-(N-ETHYLPERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDO)ETHYL ALCOHOL; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; FLUOROCARBON; SOIL POLLUTANT; SULFLURAMID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSOLID; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HALF LIFE; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MESOCOSM; ORGANOFLUORINE; OXIC CONDITIONS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC SOIL BIOTRANSFORMATION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSOLID; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DEALKYLATION; DEAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALF LIFE TIME; KINETICS; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT; PURIFICATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOIL DEGRADATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VAPOR PRESSURE; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOREMEDIATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AEROBIOSIS; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FLUOROCARBONS; HALF-LIFE; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 84919742454     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.09.059     Document Type: Article

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