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KEY CONCEPTS IN BIODEGRADATION
Citation:
WILSON, J. T. KEY CONCEPTS IN BIODEGRADATION. Presented at Modeling of Subsurface Contamination for LUST Sites, Denver, CO, February 21 - 22, 2007.
Impact/Purpose:
To inform the public.
Description:
This one hour segment of the course identifies the biological processes that degrade petroleum hydrocarbons and MTBE. It reviews the stoichiometry of hydrocarbon degradation by aerobic respiration, nitrate reduction, sulfate reduction, iron (III) reduction, and methanogenesis. It compares the three dimensional distribution of hydraulic conductivity, and concentrations of contaminants, oxygen, nitrate, sulfate, methane, and alkalinity at field sites. It reviews anaerobic biodegradation of MTBE by acetogenic bacteria.
Record Details:
Record Type:DOCUMENT( PRESENTATION/ EXHIBIT)
Product Published Date:02/21/2007
Record Last Revised:04/09/2008
OMB Category:Other
Record ID:
164783