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Bioremediation of groundwater contaminated with MTBE/TBA

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Fuel Oxygenates

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Because of organoleptic issues and potential health risks, groundwater containing methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) is of concern. Regulatory limits exist in several countries and remediation of MTBE/TBA is needed. Although an in situ MTBE/TBA-biodegradation capacity is not omnipresent, an increasing number of MTBE/TBA-degrading axenic strains and consortia are being isolated. Bioremediation,in situ or ex-situ in bioreactors, is considered an interesting and cost-effective option. Degradation may occur under in situ conditions (natural attenuation), in other cases additives may be required to increase the activity of naturally present MTBE/TBA degraders (biostimulation). At contaminated sites where an indigenous MTBE/TBA- degradation potential is lacking, bioremediation is feasible upon addition of ex situ cultivated MTBE/TBA-degraders (bioaugmentation).

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Debor, L., Bastiaens, L. (2007). Bioremediation of groundwater contaminated with MTBE/TBA. In: Barceló, D. (eds) Fuel Oxygenates. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72641-8_8

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