Main Title |
Bioremediation of Former Manufactured Gas Plant Sites. |
Author |
Srivastava, V. J. ;
Kilbane, J. J. ;
Kelley, R. L. ;
Gauger, W. K. ;
Akin, C. ;
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CORP Author |
Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, IL. ;Gas Research Inst., Chicago, IL.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. |
Publisher |
May 89 |
Year Published |
1989 |
Stock Number |
PB95-235115 |
Additional Subjects |
Manufactured gas ;
Biotechnology ;
Pollution control ;
Meetings ;
Biodegradation ;
Industrial wastes ;
Industrial plants ;
Waste management ;
Oxidation ;
Microorganisms ;
Anacrobic processes ;
Aerobic processes ;
Metabolism ;
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ;
Hazardous materials ;
Bioremediation ;
Methanotrophs
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB95-235115 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
30p |
Abstract |
Gasification of coal and crude oil was extensively used in the United States to produce medium to high heating value gas during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH's) are components of coal tar wastes and other wastes that remain at many of these town gas sites. The Institute of Gas Technology (IGT) has been developing several techniques to improve biodegradation of town gas plant wastes such as multi-ring PAH's. These techniques include the use of bioemulsifiers, chemical oxidants or biologically produced chemicals, PAH-degrading IGT aerobic and anaerobic bacterial cultures developed through enrichment techniques, methane utilizing organisms (methanotrophs), fungi, and appropriate cometabolic and/or enzyme-inducing substrates. |