Aerobic Biotransformation of Fluorotelomer Thioether Amido Sulfonate (Lodyne) in AFFF-Amended Microcosms

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 7666-7674

  Harding Marjanovic, Katie C ^a,d   Houtz, Erika F ^a,e   Yi, Shan ^a   Field, Jennifer A ^b   Sedlak, David L ^a   Alvarez Cohen, Lisa ^a,c  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^e Environmental Chemistry Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GROUNDWATER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AQUEOUS FILM FORMING FOAMS; BIOTRANSFORMATION PATHWAYS; BIOTRANSFORMATION PRODUCT; FLUOROTELOMER CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FLUOROTELOMER UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; TRANSFORMATION RATES;

BIOCONVERSION;

GROUND WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFONE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UOROTELOMER THIOETHER AMIDO SULFONATE; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ASSAY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FOAM; GROUNDWATER; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; MICROCOSM; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SULFONATE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AQUEOUS FILM FORMING FOAM; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FLUORINATION; FOAM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCOSM; OXIDATION; PH; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; HALOGENATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HALOGENATION; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER;

EID: 84936966578     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01219     Document Type: Article

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