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Bioremediation of a soil contaminated by hydrocarbon mixtures: the residual concentration problem
M Nocentini1, D Pinelli, F Fava
1Department of Chemical, Mining and Environmental Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy. massimo.nocentini@mail.ing.unibo.it
Chemosphere
|July 20, 2000
Abstract:
The phenomenon of residual concentration was investigated in the aerobic biodegradation of three different petroleum commercial products (i.e., kerosene, diesel fuel and a lubricating mineral oil) in static microcosms. Two different soils exhibiting different physical-chemical characteristics were used (i.e., a biologically treated hydrocarbon-contaminated soil and a pristine soil). Residual concentrations were observed and a simple way to take this phenomenon into account was proposed.