TY - JOUR
T1 - Rates of solubilization and biodegradation of PAHs in the presence of non-ionic surfactants
AU - Narula, Seema
AU - Lewandowski, Gordon A.
AU - Christodoulatos, Christos
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - The rates of solubilization and biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the presence of non-ionic surfactants using mixed bacterial consortia are studied. The concentrations of non-ionic surfactants below 1% are capable of large increases of 2-3 orders of magnitude in the solubility of model PAH compounds viz. fluorene, phenanthrene and pyrene. However, the microbial consortia had no inhibition effects for surfactant concentrations of up to 1%. In the absence of Makon 10, no substantial reduction in the PAH concentration was observed, whereas approximately 85% reduction was observed in the presence of the surfactant.
AB - The rates of solubilization and biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the presence of non-ionic surfactants using mixed bacterial consortia are studied. The concentrations of non-ionic surfactants below 1% are capable of large increases of 2-3 orders of magnitude in the solubility of model PAH compounds viz. fluorene, phenanthrene and pyrene. However, the microbial consortia had no inhibition effects for surfactant concentrations of up to 1%. In the absence of Makon 10, no substantial reduction in the PAH concentration was observed, whereas approximately 85% reduction was observed in the presence of the surfactant.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0031344934
SN - 1044-0631
SP - 424
EP - 433
JO - Hazardous and Industrial Wastes - Proceedings of the Mid-Atlantic Industrial Waste Conference
JF - Hazardous and Industrial Wastes - Proceedings of the Mid-Atlantic Industrial Waste Conference
T2 - Proceedings of the 1997 29th Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference
Y2 - 13 July 1997 through 16 July 1997
ER -