Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 424-433 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Hazardous and Industrial Wastes - Proceedings of the Mid-Atlantic Industrial Waste Conference |
| State | Published - 1997 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1997 29th Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference - Blacksburg, VA, USA Duration: 13 Jul 1997 → 16 Jul 1997 |
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