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Publications Details for Grant Number R828156
Effect of the Gasoline Oxygenate Ethanol on the Migration and Natural Attenuation of BTEX Compounds in Contaminated Aquifers
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Exploratory Research - Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics) (1999)
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Book Chapter | Adriaens P, Alvarez PJJ, Bastiaans L, Diels L, Major D, Filip Z, Springael D. Biodegradation and bioremediation. In:Reible D, Demnerova K, eds. Innovative Approaches to On-Site Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sites, NATO Science Series IV, Volume 15. Norwell, MA: Springer, 2003, pp. 67-113. |
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Conference Proceedings | Alvarez PJJ, Ruiz-Aguilar GML, Beller HR, Fernandez-Sanchez JM, Lovanh N, Hunt C, da Silva MB. Effect of ethanol on BTEX degradation and natural attenuation. In: Proceedings of the Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water: Prevention, Detection, and Remediation Conference and Exposition, National Ground Water Association, Houston, TX, November 14-16, 2001, pp. 53-54. |
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Conference Proceedings | Lovanh N, Alvarez PJJ. Effect of ethanol on BTEX biodegradation activity using a bioreporter strain in continuous cultures. In: Proceedings of the 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 23-27, 2003, pp. 669-673. |
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Dissertation/Thesis | Da Silva MLB. Natural attenuation of BTEX-ethanol mixtures and their enhanced anaerobic bioremediation through biostimulation and bioaugmentation. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2004. |
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Journal Article | Beller HR, Kane SR, Legler TC, Alvarez PJJ. A real-time polymerase chain reaction method for monitoring anaerobic, hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria based on a catabolic gene. Environmental Science & Technology 2002;36(18):3977-3984. |
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Journal Article | Da Silva MLB, Alvarez PJJ. Effects of ethanol versus MTBE on benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene natural attenuation in aquifer columns. Journal of Environmental Engineering-ASCE 2002;128(9):862-867. |
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Journal Article | Da Silva MLB, Alvarez PJJ. Enhanced anaerobic biodegradation of benzene-toluene-ethylbenzene-xylene-ethanol mixtures in bioaugmented aquifer columns. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2004;70(8):4720-4726. |
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Journal Article | Da Silva MLB, Ruiz-Aguilar GML, Alvarez PJJ. Enhanced anaerobic biodegradation of BTEX-ethanol mixtures in aquifer columns amended with sulfate, chelated ferric iron or nitrate. Biodegradation 2005;16(2):105-114. |
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Journal Article | Deeb RA, Sharp JO, Stocking A, McDonald S, West KA, Laugier M, Alvarez PJJ, Kavanaugh MC, Alvarez-Cohen L. Impact of ethanol on benzene plume lengths: microbial and modeling studies. Journal of Environmental Engineering-ASCE 2002;128(9):868-875. |
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Journal Article | Fang J, Lovanh N, Alvarez PJJ. The use of isotopic and lipid analysis techniques linking toluene degradation to specific microorganisms: applications and limitations. Water Research 2004;38(10):2529-2536. |
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Journal Article | Lovanh N, Hunt CS, Alvarez PJJ. Effect of ethanol on BTEX biodegradation kinetics: aerobic continuous culture experiments. Water Research 2002;36(15):3739-3746. |
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Journal Article | Lovanh N, Alvarez PJJ. Effect of ethanol, acetate, and phenol on toluene degradation activity and tod-lux expression in Pseudomonas putida TOD102: evaluation of the metabolic flux dilution model. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2004;86(7):801-808. |
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Journal Article | Ruiz-Aguilar GM, Fernandez-Sanchez JM, Kane SR, Kim D, Alverez PJJ. Effect of ethanol and methyl-tert-butyl ether on monoaromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation: response variability for different aquifer materials under various electron-accepting conditions. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2002;21(12):2631-2639. |
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Journal Article | Ruiz-Aguilar GML, O'Reilly K, Alvarez PJJ. A comparison of benzene and toluene plume lengths for sites contaminated with regular vs. ethanol-amended gasoline. Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation 2003;23(1):48-53. |
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Presentation | Alvarex PJJ. Epistemology of bioremediation and natural attenuation. Presented at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, March 2001. |
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Presentation | Alvarez PJJ. Enhanced anaerobic bioremediation of BTEX-ethanol mixtures through bioaugmentation. Presented at the 11th Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing Conference, Iowa City, IA, October 21-23, 2002. |
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Presentation | Alvarez PJJ. Enhanced biodegradation of BTEX-ethanol mixtures through bioaugmentation with competent methanogenic consortia. Presented at the Seventh International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, Orlando, FL, June 2-5, 2003. |
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Presentation | Alvarez PJJ. Enhanced anaerobic biodegradation of BTEX-ethanol mixtures in bioaugmented aquifer columns. Presented at the 12th Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing Conference, Iowa City, IA, October 25-27, 2003. |
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Presentation | Alvarez PJJ. Enhanced anaerobic biodegradation of BTEX-ethanol mixtures in bioaugmented aquifer columns. Presented at the10th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME), Microbial Planet: Sub-Surface to Space Cancun, Mexico, August 22-27, 2004. |
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Presentation | Alvarez PJJ. Development of a RTQ-PCR protocol for quantification of anaerobic benzene degraders. Presented at the 12th International Petroleum Environmental Conference, Houston, TX, November 8-11, 2005. |
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Presentation | Alvarez PJJ. Biodegradation and bioremediation. Presented at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, December 2000. |
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Presentation | Alvarez PJJ. Effects of ethanol versus MTBE on BTX natural attenuation. Presented at American Petroleum Institute/National Groundwater Association, Anaheim, CA, November 2000. |
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Presentation | Alvarez PJJ. Monitored natural attenuation workshop. Presented at UAM, Mexico, D.F., November 2000. |
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Presentation | Alvarez PJJ. Natural attenuation of gasohol releases. Presented at the University of Houston and Rice University, Houston, TX, March 2001. |
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Presentation | Alvarez PJJ. Novel trends in in situ bioremediation. Presented at the European Federation of Biotechnology Meeting, Madrid, Spain, July 2001. |
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Presentation | Alvarez PJJ. Principles and applications of BTEX remediation. Presented at the NATO Advanced Studies Institute, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2001. |
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Presentation | Alvarez PJJ. The effect of ethanol on BTEX degradation kinetics. Presented at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Oakland, CA, April 2001. |
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Presentation | Da Silva MB, Ruiz-Aguilar GM, Fernandez JM, Beller HR. Effect of ethanol versus MTBE on BTEX retardation and biodegradation under different electron acceptor conditions. Presented at the Sixth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, San Diego, CA, June 4-7, 2001. |
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Presentation | Da Silva MLB, Ulrich A, Edwards E, Alvarez PJJ. Enhanced biodegradation of BTEX-ethanol mixtures through bioaugmentation with competent methanogenic consortia. Presented at the Seventh International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, Orlando, FL, June 2-5, 2003. |
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Presentation | Kane SR, Beller HR, Legler TC, Alvarez PJJ. A real-time PCR method for in situ monitoring of anaerobic, hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria based on bssA (a benzylsuccinate synthase gene). Presented at the 102nd General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Salt Lake City, UT, May 19-23, 2002. |
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Presentation | Lovanh N, Hunt CS, Alvarez PJJ. Effect of ethanol on BTEX degradation kinetics by continuous cultures. Presented at the 2nd World Water Congress of the International Water Association, Berlin, Germany, October 15-19, 2001. |
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Proceedings | Da Silva MB, Ruiz GM, Fernandez JM, Beller HR, Alvarez PJJ. Effect of ethanol versus MTBE on BTEX retardation and biodegradation under different electron acceptor conditions. Proceedings on In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation: The Sixth International Symposium, San Diego, CA, June 4-7, 2001. |
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Report | Alvarez PJJ, Ruiz-Aguilar GML, Fernandez-Sanchez JM, Kim D, Beller HR, Kane SR. Effect of ethanol and MtBE on BTEX biodegradation in the saturated zone:kinetic studies. In: Rice DW, Depue RT, eds. Environmental Assessment of the Use of Ethanol as a Fuel Oxygenate: Subsurface Fate and Transport of Gasoline Containing Ethanol, Report to the California State Water Resources Control Board, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2001, UCRL-AR-145380, Chapter 3, 121 pp. |
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Report | Powers SE, Alvarez PJJ, Rice DW. Uncertainties about the groundwater impacts associated with increased use of ethanol in gasoline. In: Rice DW, Depue RT, eds. Environmental Assessment of the Use of Ethanol as a Fuel Oxygenate: Subsurface Fate and Transport of Gasoline Containing Ethanol, Report to the California State Water Resources Control, Lawrence. Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 2001, UCRL-AR-145380, Chapter 1, 10 pp. |
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