Kinetics of Benzo(a)pyrene biodegradation and bacterial growth in sandy soil by Sphingobacterium spiritovorum
Salina Alias, Megawati Omar, Noor Hussain, Nor Amani Filzah Mohd-Kamil, S. Abdul-Talib
Abstract
which the model defines physically. The results demonstrated that removing benzo(a)pyrene showed positive interaction between substrate inhibition, the concentration of benzo(a)pyrene and sorption of the contaminants on soil particles.
Topics & Concepts
PyreneBiodegradationEnvironmental chemistryBenzo(a)pyreneChemistryKineticsSorptionSoil contaminationSubstrate (aquarium)Organic chemistrySoil waterEnvironmental scienceSoil scienceEcologyBiologyAdsorptionPhysicsQuantum mechanicsMicrobial bioremediation and biosurfactantsPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsEnvironmental remediation with nanomaterials