Identification of metabolites produced during the complete biodegradation of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride by an enriched activated sludge microbial community

Chemosphere

Volumn 167, Issue , 2017, Pages 53-61

  Alisawi, Wisam A ^a   Rahbarirad, Sepideh ^a   Walker, Katherine A ^a   Venter, Andre R ^a   Docherty, Kathryn M ^a   Szymczyna, Blair R ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Ionic liquid; Mass spectrometry; Microbial community; NMR spectroscopy; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMOLECULES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; IONIC LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; MICROORGANISMS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POSITIVE IONS; RNA; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

1-BUTYL-3-METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM CHLORIDE; 1H NMR SPECTROSCOPY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; HIGHLY POLAR SOLVENT; IONIC LIQUID (ILS); METABOLIC PRODUCTS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; VOLATILE ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

BIODEGRADATION;

1 BUTYL 3 METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM CHLORIDE; CATION; CHLORIDE; IONIC LIQUID; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1-BUTYL-3-METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM CHLORIDE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; SEWAGE; SOLVENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; CATION; DRUG; ECOTOXICOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPECTROSCOPY; STREAM; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; IMIDAZOLES; IONIC LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEWAGE; SOLVENTS;

EID: 84989326319     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.09.117     Document Type: Article

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