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Bioremediation of BTEX, Napthalene, and Phenanthrene in Aquifer Material using mixed Oxygen/Nitrate Electron - Project Summary
Citation:
Wilson, L. P., P. C. D'Adamo, AND E. J. Bouwer. Bioremediation of BTEX, Napthalene, and Phenanthrene in Aquifer Material using mixed Oxygen/Nitrate Electron - Project Summary. EPA/600/SR-97/120, 1997.
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The goal of the research described herein was to examine the feasibility of biodegradation of mono and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons typically present in a manufactured gas processing (MGP) site groundwater and subsurface sediments under mixed oxygen/denitrifying conditions. The principal hypothesis considered in this research is that biodegradation of certain mono and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons occurs under mixed oxygen/denitrifying conditions and that the rate and extent of biodegradation is greater under these conditions than traditional single electron acceptor schemes. To test this hypothesis, laboratory experiments were designed to compare biodegrada- tion under mixed electron acceptor conditions with biodegradation under single electron acceptor schemes.