Bioremediation Research
Great Plains & Rocky Mountains HSRC
Plant Enzyme Systems for the Phytoremediation of Chlorinated Aliphatics in
Contaminated Soils (Current)
Effects of Surfactants on Bioavailability and Biodegradation of Contaminants
in Soils (Current)
Evaluation and Modeling of Subsurface Biobarrier Formation and Persistence
(Current)
Plant-Assisted Remediation of Soil and Groundwater Contaminated by Hazardous
Organic Substances: Experimental and Modeling Studies (Current)
Uptake of BTEX Compounds and Metabolites by Hybrid Poplar Trees in Hazardous
Waste Remediation (Current)
Development of a Systematic Methodology for Optimally Designing Vegetative
Systems for Remediating Contaminated Soil and Groundwater (Current)
Contaminant Binding to the Humin Fraction of Soil Organic Matter (Current)
Trichloroethene (TCE) Cometabolism in Fluidized-Bed Bioreactors (Current)
Vegetative Interceptor Zones for Containment of Heavy Metal Pollutants
(Current)
Application of Anaerobic and Multiple-Electron-Acceptor Bioremediation to
Chlorinated Aliphatic Subsurface Contamination (Current)
Application of Anaerobic and Multiple-Electron-Acceptor
Bioremediation to Chlorinated Aliphatic Subsurface Contamination (Completed)
Biofilm Barriers for Waste Containment (Completed)
Development of a Systematic Methodology for Optimally Designing
Vegetative Systems for Remediating Contaminated Soil and Ground Water (Completed)
Effects of Surfactants on the Bioavailability and Biodegradation
of Contaminants in Soils (Completed)
Evaluation and Modeling of Subsurface Biobarrier Formation
and Persistence (Completed)
Evaluation of Biosparging Performance and Process Fundamentals
for Site Remediation (Completed)
Field Scale Bioremediation: Relationship of Parent Compound
Disappearance to Humification, Mineralization, Leaching, Volatilization of Transformation
Intermediates (Current)
The Use of Vegetation to Enhance Bioremediation of Surface
Soils Contaminated with Pesticide Wastes (Completed)
Use of C2 to C10 Organic Acids to
Enhance Bioremediation of DNAPL Contaminated Aquifers (Completed)
Great Lakes & Mid Atlantic HSRC
Development and Verification of A Molecular Modeling Approach for Predicting the Sequestration and Bioavailability/Biotoxicity Reduction of Organic Contaminats by Soils and Sediments
Remediation of Chlorinated Solvents at the Bachman Road Site Using Innovative Technologies: Microbial Halorespiration and Surfactant-Enhanced Aquifer Remediation
Composting of hPAH Contaminated Soil
Molecular Diversity of Toluene Ortho-Monooxygenase Genes
Mass Transfer and Bioavailability Enhancement for In-Situ Intermittent Slurry Reactor Treatment of DNAPL-Contaminated Soils and Sediments
Evaluation of PCB Binding Energy in Soil and Sediments
Overcoming the Barriers to In-Situ PCB Bioremediation: Development and Testing of Field Ready Technologies for Sequential Anaerobic-Aerobic Treatment
Overcoming the Barriers to In-Situ Bioremediation of PCBs
Evaluation of Surfactants for the Enhancement of PCB Dechlorination in Soils and Sediments
Northeast HSRC
Surfactants Enhanced Bioremediation of Soils Remediation for Soils/Aquifers Containing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) (Current)
Enhanced Microbial Dechlorination of PCBs and Dioxins in Contaminated Dredge Spoils (Current)
Evaluation of the Potential for Complete Bioremediation of NAPL-Contaminated Soils Containing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) (Completed)
Toward a Risk-Based Model for Bioremediation of Multicomponent NAPL Contaminants (Completed)
Assessment of Surfactant-Enhanced Bioremediation for Soils/Aquifers
Containing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
The Effect of Carbon-Nitrogen Ratios on Bacterial Transport and Biodegradation
Rates in Soils
In-Situ Bioremediation of Organic Compounds: Coupling of Mass
Transfer and Biodegradation
South & Southwest HSRC
Anaerobic Biodegradation of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene and
other Nitroaromatic Compounds by Clostridium acetobutylicum (Completed)
Bioremediation of Sediments Contaminated with Polynuclear
Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Current)
Bioremediation of Sediments PVAMU Faculty and Student
Participation in Technology (Completed)
Characterization of PAH Degrading Bacteria in Coastal Sediments (Completed)
Freshwater Bioturbators in Riverine Sediments as Enhancers
of Contaminant Release (Completed)
Remediation of TNT-Contaminated Soil by Cyanobacterial Mat (Completed)
The Application of Plant Biotechnology in Bioremediation
of Contaminated Sediments (Completed)
Western HSRC
The Effect of Environmental Conditions
on Reductive Dechlorination Rates: Sandra L. Woods, Oregon State University
A Large Scale Model for Anaerobic Bioremediation
at the Seal Beach Site: Martin Reinhard and Peter K. Kitanidis, Stanford University
The Effect of Apparent EH, Compound
Structure, and Electron Donor on Anaerobic Biotransformation of Trinitrotoluene and
its Metabolites: A. Morrie Craig, Kenneth J. Williamson, Sandra Woods, Oregon State
University (Supported by R2D2 Program)
Pathways of Anaerobic Toluene Metabolism
by a Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium, Strain PRTOL1: Alfred M. Spormann, Stanford University
Anaerobic Ethylbenzene Oxidation in
Denitrifying Strain EB1: Alfred M. Spormann, Stanford University
Development of a Vitamin B12-Amended
Bioremediation Process for the Reductive Dechlorination of Chlorobiphenyls at all
Chlorine Positions: Sandra Woods, Oregon State University (Supported by R2D2 Program)
Evaluation of Strategies for Full Scale Bioremediation
of the Seal Beach Site Using Anaerobic Microbial Processes: Martin Reinhard, Gary
Hopkins, and Peter Kitanidis, Stanford University
Investigation of Palladium Catalyzed Hydrodehalogenation for the Removal of Chlorinated Groundwater
Contaminants: Surface Chemistry of Catalyst Deactivation and Regeneration
Field Testing of Palladium-Catalyzed
Hydrodehalogenation for Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Removal from Groundwater: Martin
Reinhard and Paul V. Roberts, Stanford University (Supported by R2D2 Program)
Full-Scale Evaluation of In Situ
Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvent Groundwater Contamination: Perry L. McCarty,
Mark N. Goltz, and Gary D. Hopkins, Stanford University (Supported by the U. S. Air
Force)
Demonstration of an Interceptor Trench
Technology for the Bioremediation of a Pentachlorophenol-Contaminated Ground Water:
Sandra Woods, Oregon State University (Supported by R2D2 Program)
Probing the Redox Properties of Environmental
Systems: Natural Phenolic Materials: Robin Helburn, Department of Chemistry, Northern
Arizona University
Detection of Microorganisms Capable of
Anaerobic Degradation of Hazardous Substances in Natural Environments: Sara E. Silverstone,
California State University at Bakersfield
In-SituMechanisms, Chemistry, and Kinetics of Anaerobic Degradation of cDCE and
Vinyl Chloride: Perry L. McCarty and Alfred Spormann, Stanford University
Development of Alkoxysilanes as Slow Release Substrates for the Anaerobic/Aerobic Transformation of Chlorinated
Solvents
Proof of Gene Expression During Bioaugmentation
Gene probes for detecting anaerobic alkylbenzene-degrading bacteria
Aerobic Cometabolism of Methyl tert-butyl Ether by Microorganisms Grown on Aliphatic Hydrocarbons
Aerobic Cometabolism of Chlorinated Aliphatic Hydrocarbons by Toluene-Oxidizing Bacteria: Physiological
Consequences and Adaptive Responses
In-Situ Measurement of TCE Degradation Using a Single-Well "Push-Pull" Test
Demonstration of a Permeable Barrier Technology for the Bioremediation of Ground Water Contaminated with Waste
Mixtures
Bioenhanced In-Well Vapor Stripping to Treat Trichloroethylene (TCE)