Biodegradation of alkylates under less agitated aquifer conditions

An, 2008, Comparative and combined toxicities of toluene and methyl tert-butyl ether to an Asian earthworm Perionyx excavatus, Chemosphere, 71, 407, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.11.010 Atlas, 1995, Bioremediation of petroleum pollutants-diversity and environmental aspects of hydrocarbon biodegradation, Bioscience, 45, 332, 10.2307/1312494 Auffret, 2009, Degradation of a mixture of hydrocarbons, gasoline, and diesel oil additives by Rhodococcus aetherivorans and Rhodococcus wratislaviensis, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75, 7774, 10.1128/AEM.01117-09 Beller, 2002, A real-time polymerase chain reaction method for monitoring anaerobic, hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria based on a catabolic gene, Environmental Science and Technology, 36, 3977, 10.1021/es025556w Cho, 2007, Biodegradability of alkylates as a sole carbon source in the presence of ethanol or BTEX, Chemosphere, 68, 266, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.01.005 Corseuil, 1996, Natural bioremediation perspective for BTX-contaminated groundwater in Brazil: Effect of ethanol, Water Science and Technology, 34, 311, 10.1016/S0273-1223(96)00759-7 Corseuil, 1998, The influence of the gasoline oxygenate ethanol on aerobic and anaerobic BTX biodegradation, Water Research, 32, 2065, 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00438-7 Da Silva, 2002, Effects of ethanol versus MTBE on benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene natural attenuation in aquifer columns, Journal of Environmental Engineering-Asce, 128, 862, 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2002)128:9(862) Deeb, 2001, Substrate interactions in BTEX and MTBE mixtures by an MTBE-degrading isolate, Environmental Science and Technology, 35, 312, 10.1021/es001249j Feris, 2008, Effect of ethanol on microbial community structure and function during natural attenuation of benzene, toluene, and o-xylene in a sulfate-reducing aquifer, Environmental Science and Technology, 42, 2289, 10.1021/es702603q Ferreira, 2006, Isolation and characterization of a new Mycobacterium austroafricanum strain, IFP 2015, growing on MTBE, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 70, 358, 10.1007/s00253-005-0074-y Freitas, 2011, Oxygenated gasoline release in the unsaturated zone-Part 1: Source zone behavior, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 126, 153, 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2011.07.003 Hartley, 1999, Health risk assessment of groundwater contaminated with methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), Water Science and Technology, 39, 305, 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00290-5 Kharoune, 2001, Aerobic biodegradation of an oxygenates mixture: ETBE, MTBE and TAME in an upflow fixed-bed reactor, Water Research, 35, 1665, 10.1016/S0043-1354(00)00448-6 Kim, 2012, Oxidative degradation of alternative gasoline oxygenates in aqueous solution by ultrasonic irradiation: Mechanistic study, Science of Total Environment, 430, 246, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.016 Landmeyer, 1998, Fate of MTBE relative to benzene in a gasoline-contaminated aquifer (1993–98), Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation, 18, 93, 10.1111/j.1745-6592.1998.tb00168.x Lovanh, 2002, Effect of ethanol on BTEX biodegradation kinetics: aerobic continuous culture experiments, Water Research, 36, 3739, 10.1016/S0043-1354(02)00090-8 Machado, 2011, Investigations on surrogate fuels for high-octane oxygenated gasolines, Fuel, 90, 640, 10.1016/j.fuel.2010.10.024 Mackay, 2007, Impact of ethanol on the natural attenuation of MTBE in a normally sulfate-reducing aquifer, Environmental Science and Technology, 41, 2015, 10.1021/es062156q Mackay, 2006, Impact of ethanol on the natural attenuation of benzene, toluene, and o-xylene in a normally sulfate-reducing aquifer, Environmental Science and Technology, 40, 6123, 10.1021/es060505a Magar, 2002, Aerobic and cometabolic MTBE biodegradation at Novato and Port Hueneme, Journal of Environmental Engineering-ASCE, 128, 883, 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2002)128:9(883) Malandain, 2010, Cytochromes P450-mediated degradation of fuel oxygenates by environmental isolates, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 72, 289, 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00847.x Marchetti, 1999 Marchetti, 2003, Biodegradation of potential diesel oxygenate additives: dibutyl maleate (DBM), and tripropylene glycol methyl ether (TGME), Chemosphere, 52, 861, 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00293-5 Mormile, 1994, Anaerobic biodegradation of gasoline oxygenates-extrapolation of information to multiple sites and redox conditions, Environmental Science and Technology, 28, 1727, 10.1021/es00058a026 Österreicher-Cunha, 2007, Study of biodegradation processes of BTEX-ethanol mixture in tropical soil, Water Air and Soil Pollution, 181, 303, 10.1007/s11270-006-9303-y Österreicher-Cunha, 2004, Evaluation of bioventing on a gasoline-ethanol contaminated undisturbed residual soil, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 110, 63, 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2004.02.037 Park, 1999, 233 Powers, 2001, The transport and fate of ethanol and BTEX in groundwater contaminated by gasohol, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 31, 79, 10.1080/20016491089181 Powers, 2001, Will ethanol-blended gasoline affect groundwater quality? Using ethanol instead of MTBE as a gasoline oxygenate could be less harmful to the environment, Environmental Science and Technology, 35, 24A, 10.1021/es012247h Reinauer, 2008, Aerobic biodegradation of tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) by psychro-and thermo-tolerant cultures derived from granular activated carbon (GAC), Biodegradation, 19, 259, 10.1007/s10532-007-9132-8 Rice, 1999, Health and environmental assessment of the use of ethanol as a fuel oxygenate Rosell, 2007, Variations in 13C/12C and D/H enrichment factors of aerobic bacterial fuel oxygenate degradation, Environmental Science and Technology, 41, 2036, 10.1021/es0616175 Ruiz-Aguilar, 2002, Effect of ethanol and methyl-tert-butyl ether on monoaromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation: Response variability for different aquifer materials under various electron-accepting conditions, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 21, 2631, 10.1002/etc.5620211215 Shaler, 1986, Effects of dissolved oxygen concentration on biodegradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 51, 950, 10.1128/AEM.51.5.950-955.1986 Siminiceanu, 2007, Methyl Tert-butyl ether occurrence and degradation in water, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 6, 143, 10.30638/eemj.2007.020 Solano-Serena, 1998, Intrinsic capacities of soil microflorae for gasoline degradation, Biodegradation, 9, 319, 10.1023/A:1008305906032 Solano-Serena, 2000, A Mycobacterium strain with extended capacities for degradation of gasoline hydrocarbons, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 66, 2392, 10.1128/AEM.66.6.2392-2399.2000 Solano-Serena, 2004, Degradation of isooctane by Mycobacterium austroafricanum IFP 2173: growth and catabolic pathway, Journal of Applied Microbiology, 97, 629, 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02344.x Solano-Serena, 1999, Biodegradation of gasoline: kinetics, mass balance and fate of individual hydrocarbons, Journal of Applied Microbiology, 86, 1008, 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00782.x Squillace, 1996, Preliminary assessment of the occurrence and possible sources of MTBE in groundwater in the United States, 1993–1994, Environmental Science and Technology, 30, 1721, 10.1021/es9507170 US EPA, 1996. EPA/Method 8000B Determinative chromatographic separations. Washington, D.C. US EPA, 1998 Wallner, 2009, A comparison of ethanol and butanol as oxygenates using a direct-injection, spark-ignition engine, Journal of Enginmeering for Gas Turbines and Power, 131, 032802, 10.1115/1.3043810 Wang, 2007, Biotreatment of groundwater contaminated with MTBE: interaction of common environmental co-contaminants, Biodegradation, 18, 37, 10.1007/s10532-005-9034-6 Williams, 2003, Data available for evaluating the risks and benefits of MTBE and ethanol as alternative fuel oxygenates, Risk Analysis, 23, 1085, 10.1111/1539-6924.00384 Zein, 2004, MtBE biodegradation in a gravity flow, high-biomass retaining bioreactor, Environmental Science and Technology, 38, 3449, 10.1021/es030652y Zein, 2006, Bioremediation of groundwater contaminated with gasoline hydrocarbons and oxygenates using a membrane-based reactor, Environmental Science and Technology, 40, 1997, 10.1021/es051593m Zhang, 2006, Transport and degradation of ethanol in groundwater, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 82, 183, 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2005.09.007 Zhou, 1995, Effects of oxygen, nitrogen, and temperature on gasoline biodegradation in soil, Biodegradation, 6, 127, 10.1007/BF00695343 Zoeckler, 2003, Aerobic biodegradation of methyl tert-butyl ether in gasoline-contaminated aquifer sediments, Journal of Environmental Engineering, 129, 642, 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2003)129:7(642)