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Monitoring Biodegradation of Methyl <i>tert</i>-Butyl Ether (MTBE) Using Compound-Specific Carbon Isotope Analysis

Auteur(s)
Hunkeler, Daniel 
Centre d'hydrogéologie et de géothermie 
Butler, B.J
Aravena, R
Barker, J.F
Date de parution
2001
In
Environmental Science & Technology, American Chemical Society, 2001/35/4/676-681
Résumé
Methyl <i>tert</i>-butyl ether (MTBE), the most common gasoline oxygenate, is frequently detected in surface water and groundwater. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of compound-specific isotope analysis to assess in situ biodegradation of MTBE in groundwater. For that purpose, the effect of relevant physical and biological processes on carbon isotope ratios of MTBE was evaluated in laboratory studies. Carbon isotope fractionation during organic phase/gas-phase partitioning (0.50 ± 0.15‰), aqueous phase/gas-phase partitioning (0.17 ± 0.05‰), and organic phase/aqueous-phase partitioning (0.18 ± 0.24‰) was small in comparison to carbon isotope fractionation measured during biodegradation of MTBE in microcosms based on aquifer sediments of the Borden site. In experiments with MTBE as the only substrate and a cometabolic experiment with 3-methypentane as primary substrate, MTBE became enriched in <sup>13</sup>C by 5.1 to 6.9‰ after 95 to 97% degradation. For both experiments, similar isotopic enrichment factors were obtained (-1.52 ± 0.06 to -1.97 ± 0.05‰). <br> Biodegradation of TBA, which accumulated transiently in the cometabolic microcosms, was also accompanied by carbon isotope fractionation, with an isotopic enrichment factor of -4.21 ± 0.07‰. This study suggests that carbon isotope analysis is a potential tool to trace in situ biodegradation of MTBE and TBA and thus to better understand the fate of these contaminants in the environment.
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https://libra.unine.ch/handle/123456789/4159
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10.1021/es001338w
Type de publication
journal article
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 main article: Hunkeler_D-Monitoring_biodegradation_of_methyl-20171114.pdf (601.14 KB)
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