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Biodegradation of chemicals in the subsurface environment: Influence of microbial adaptation on the fate of organic pollutants in ground water

Biodegradation of chemicals in the subsurface environment: Influence of microbial adaptation on... A plume of contaminated groundwater originating from an abandoned disposal pit for wood‐creosoting waste was characterized. The important organic contaminants in the plume include naphthalene, 1‐methylnaphthalene, 2‐methylnaphthalene, dibenzofuran and fluorene at individual concentrations of 1,000 to 100 μg/L. Core material from the site was studied to determine if organisms in the subsurface could adapt to this waste and if biological activity influenced the disposition of the plume. Biodegradation of these organic pollutants in subsurface material from the margin of the plume was rapid. No biodegradation of the pollutants was detected in pristine subsurface material from the same geological structure. As a result of this adaptation, the disposition of the plume was not controlled by the rate of utilization of the pollutants by the microorganisms but by the extent of utilization allowed by the supply of oxygen. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry Wiley

Biodegradation of chemicals in the subsurface environment: Influence of microbial adaptation on the fate of organic pollutants in ground water

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 1985 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0730-7268
eISSN
1552-8618
DOI
10.1002/etc.5620040602
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Abstract

A plume of contaminated groundwater originating from an abandoned disposal pit for wood‐creosoting waste was characterized. The important organic contaminants in the plume include naphthalene, 1‐methylnaphthalene, 2‐methylnaphthalene, dibenzofuran and fluorene at individual concentrations of 1,000 to 100 μg/L. Core material from the site was studied to determine if organisms in the subsurface could adapt to this waste and if biological activity influenced the disposition of the plume. Biodegradation of these organic pollutants in subsurface material from the margin of the plume was rapid. No biodegradation of the pollutants was detected in pristine subsurface material from the same geological structure. As a result of this adaptation, the disposition of the plume was not controlled by the rate of utilization of the pollutants by the microorganisms but by the extent of utilization allowed by the supply of oxygen.

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Environmental Toxicology & ChemistryWiley

Published: Dec 1, 1985

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