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Naphthalene biosorption in soil/water systems of low or high sorptive capacity

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology volume 43, pages 539–544 (1995)Cite this article

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A model system was developed for evaluating naphthalene biosorption based on the use of a mutant (strain TG-5 Nah–) derived from a naphthalene-degrading Pseudomonas fluorescens isolate. Cells of strain TG-5 had a sorptive capacity for naphthalene (partition coefficient of 380 cm3/g) significantly higher than a soil with a 5.1% organic carbon content (partition coefficient of 41 cm3/g). However, experimental results and a mass balance model demonstrated that, in soil systems of high organic carbon content, the mass of naphthalene associated with biological solids is insignificant. In contrast, in a soil system of nonsorptive Ottawa sand, up to 10% of the initial naphthalene was demonstrated experimentally, and by modelin, to be associated with cells of strain TG-5.

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, 49931, Houghton, MI, USA

    B. E. Whitman & J. R. Mihelcic

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 49931, Houghton, MI, USA

    D. R. Lueking

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Whitman, B.E., Mihelcic, J.R. & Lueking, D.R. Naphthalene biosorption in soil/water systems of low or high sorptive capacity. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 43, 539–544 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00218463

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Keywords

  • Organic Carbon
  • Pseudomonas
  • Carbon Content
  • Naphthalene
  • Mass Balance

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