Impact of microbial activity on copper, lead and nickel mobilization during the bioremediation of soil PAHs

MAA Allieri, Jamie Lead, R Rodriguez-Vazquez

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    Abstract

    A fungal bioremediation method using P. frequentans removed up to 75% of phenanthrene with the addition of water and nutrients over a period of 30 d. During the bioremediation process, changes in metal behavior were monitored by an in situ technique (diffusive gradients in thin-films, DGT) and by soil solution chemistry. DGT provided absolute data on fluxes from the solid phase to the DGT device and relative trends of concentrations of the most labile metal species. DGT response indicated that bioremediation increases metal mobilization from the solid phase. Filtration provided data on the concentrations of solution phase (
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)484-491
    Number of pages8
    JournalChemosphere
    Volume61
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2005

    Keywords

    • flux
    • phenanthrene
    • metals
    • Penicillium frequentans

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