Anaerobic degradation of alcohol ethoxylates and polyethylene glycols in marine sediments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 544, Issue , 2016, Pages 118-124

  Traverso Soto, Juan M ^a   Rojas Ojeda, Patricia ^b   Sanz, José Luis ^b   González Mazo, Eduardo ^a   Lara Martín, Pablo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcohol polyethoxylates; Biodegradation; Polyethylene glycols; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS; SOAPS (DETERGENTS); SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AEROBIC DEGRADATION; ALCOHOL ETHOXYLATES; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; METHANOGENIC ACTIVITY; POLYETHOXYLATES; WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

ALCOHOL POLYETHOXYLATE; MACROGOL; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER; SURFACTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANOGENESIS; OXYGEN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACTANT;

ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANALYSIS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SEAWATER; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84949519478     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.140     Document Type: Article

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