Opportunities for groundwater microbial electro-remediation

Microbial Biotechnology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd and Society for Applied Microbiology. Groundwater pollution is a serious worldwide concern. Aromatic compounds, chlorinated hydrocarbons, metals and nutrients among others can be widely found in different aquifers all over the world. How...

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Autores: Pous Rodríguez, Narcís, Balaguer i Condom, Maria Dolors, Colprim Galceran, Jesús, Puig Broch, Sebastià
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/15099
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/15099
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Aigües subterrànies -- Contaminació
Groundwater -- Pollution
Aigües subterrànies -- Depuració
Groundwater -- Purification
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Sumario:Microbial Biotechnology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd and Society for Applied Microbiology. Groundwater pollution is a serious worldwide concern. Aromatic compounds, chlorinated hydrocarbons, metals and nutrients among others can be widely found in different aquifers all over the world. However, there is a lack of sustainable technologies able to treat these kinds of compounds. Microbial electro-remediation, by the means of microbial electrochemical technologies (MET), can become a promising alternative in the near future. MET can be applied for groundwater treatment in situ or ex situ, as well as for monitoring the chemical state or the microbiological activity. This document reviews the current knowledge achieved on microbial electro-remediation of groundwater and its applications