| Main Title |
Relationship Between the ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) Content of Subsurface Material and the Rate of Biodegradation of Alkylbenzenes and Chlorobenzene. |
| Author |
Wilson, J. T. ;
Miller, G. D. ;
Ghiorse, W. C. ;
Leach, F. R. ;
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| CORP Author |
Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK. ;Oklahoma Univ., Norman. Environmental and Ground Water Inst. ;Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY. ;Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater. Dept. of Biochemistry. |
| Year Published |
1986 |
| Report Number |
EPA/600/J-86/063; |
| Stock Number |
PB86-202538 |
| Additional Subjects |
Hazardous materials ;
Biodeterioration ;
Organic wastes ;
Subsurface drainage ;
Contaminants ;
Chlorobenzenes ;
Toluene ;
Aromatic monocylic hydrocarbons ;
Ground water ;
Water pollution ;
Reprints ;
Adenosine triphosphate
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| NTIS |
PB86-202538 |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
9p |
| Abstract |
The rate of biotransformation of toluene in unconsolidated subsurface material from sites at Lula, Oklahoma, USA and Conroe, Texas, USA was compared to the ATP (adenosine triphosphate) content of these materials. The rate of toluene degradation decreased with decreasing ATP content. When ATP contents were at or less than 0.05 ng/g, biotransformation of toluene could not be detected (less than 1% of the initial concentration was degraded per week). At intermediate concentrations of ATP, 0.37 and 0.16 ng/g, the rates of toluene degradation were 18 + or - 4.5% and 25 + or - 10% of the initial concentration per week. At ATP concentrations above 1 ng/g, the rates of toluene degradation exceeded 90% of the initial concentration per week. There was no simple relationship between ATP content and chlorobenzene degradation. Subsurface material that had been exposed to creosote wastes, and which degraded toluene rapidly, also degraded benzene, o-xylene, and m-xylene. |
| Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Jnl. of Contaminant Hydrology 1, p163-170 Feb 86. Prepared in cooperation with Oklahoma Univ., Norman. Environmental and Ground Water Inst., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY., and Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater. Dept. of Biochemistry. |
| NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article (Interim). |
| Title Annotations |
Reprint: Relationship Between the ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) Content of Subsurface Material and the Rate of Biodegradation of Alkylbenzenes and Chlorobenzene. |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c1986 |
| Category Codes |
13B; 68C; 68D; 48E |
| NTIS Prices |
PC A02/MF A01 |
| Primary Description |
600/15 |
| Document Type |
NT |
| Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
| Control Number |
622716676 |
| Origin |
NTIS |
| Type |
CAT |
