Bioaugmentation for chlorinated ethenes using Dehalococcoides sp.: Comparison between batch and column experiments

CE Schaefer, CW Condee, S Vainberg, RJ Steffan - Chemosphere, 2009 - Elsevier
Batch and column experiments were performed to evaluate the transport, growth and
dechlorination activity of Dehalococcoides sp.(DHC) during bioaugmentation for chlorinated …

Temporal change in culturable phenanthrene degraders in response to long‐term exposure to phenanthrene in a soil column system

AA Bodour, JM Wang, ML Brusseau… - Environmental …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Widespread environmental contamination by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) has
led to increased interest in the use of natural attenuation as a clean‐up strategy. However …

Contaminant concentration versus flow velocity: drivers of biodegradation and microbial growth in groundwater model systems

M Grösbacher, D Eckert, OA Cirpka, C Griebler - Biodegradation, 2018 - Springer
Aromatic hydrocarbons belong to the most abundant contaminants in groundwater systems.
They can serve as carbon and energy source for a multitude of indigenous microorganisms …

Dynamics of suspended and attached aerobic toluene degraders in small-scale flow-through sediment systems under growth and starvation conditions

A Mellage, D Eckert, M Grösbacher… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
The microbially mediated reactions, that are responsible for field-scale natural attenuation of
organic pollutants, are governed by the concurrent presence of a degrading microbial …

In situ oxidation and associated mass-flux-reduction/mass-removal behavior for systems with organic liquid located in lower-permeability sediments

JC Marble, KC Carroll, H Janousek… - Journal of contaminant …, 2010 - Elsevier
The effectiveness of permanganate for in situ chemical oxidation of organic liquid
(trichloroethene) trapped in lower-permeability (K) zones located within a higher …

Bioaugmentation considerations

CE Aziz, RA Wymore, RJ Steffan - Bioaugmentation for groundwater …, 2013 - Springer
Bioaugmentation can be employed in bioremediation systems to improve the rate and extent
of solvent remediation. This chapter is intended to assist practitioners faced with selecting …

A feasibility study of immobilized and free mixed culture bioaugmentation for treating atrazine in infiltrate

S Siripattanakul, W Wirojanagud, JM McEvoy… - Journal of hazardous …, 2009 - Elsevier
A feasibility study of phosphorylated-polyvinyl alcohol immobilized and free mixed bacterial
culture bioaugmentation for removing atrazine in agricultural infiltrate was conducted …

RT3D reaction modules for natural and enhanced attenuation of chloroethanes, chloroethenes, chloromethanes, and daughter products

CD Johnson, MJ Truex - 2006 - osti.gov
This document describes a suite of MNA/EA reaction modules that were developed for
addressing complex chlorinated solvent reactions using RT3D. As an introduction, an …

Employing a novel fiber optic detection system to monitor the dynamics of in situ lux bioreporter activity in porous media: system performance update

JG Dorn, MK Mahal, ML Brusseau, RM Maier - Analytica chimica acta, 2004 - Elsevier
One of the major constraints to successful implementation of in situ bioremediation is our
lack of understanding of how microbial activity is influenced by the physicochemical …

Real-time, in situ monitoring of bioactive zone dynamics in heterogeneous systems

JG Dorn, ML Brusseau, RM Maier - Environmental science & …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Successful implementation of in situ bioremediation is contingent upon understanding how
physicochemical and microbial factors affect the formation and dynamics of microbially …