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Your Environment. Your Health.

Project Publications: Cornell University: Coupled Processes in Bioavailability: Enhanced Pollutant Desorption Kinetics in Porous Media Mediated by Bacterial Extracellular Polymers

Superfund Research Program

Coupled Processes in Bioavailability: Enhanced Pollutant Desorption Kinetics in Porous Media Mediated by Bacterial Extracellular Polymers

Project Leaders: Michael L. Shuler, Leonard W. Lion
Grant Number: P42ES005950
Funding Period: 1995 - 2000

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Publications

2001

  • Liu A, Ahn I, Mansfield C, Lion LW, Shuler ML, Ghiorse WC. 2001. Phenanthrene desorption from soil in the presence of bacterial extracellular polymer: Observations and model predictions of dynamic behavior. Water Res 35(3):835-843. PMID:11228983

2000

  • Kim JY, Cohen C, Shuler ML, Lion LW. 2000. The use of amphiphilic particles for in situ extraction of sorbed phenanthrene from a contaminated aquifer material. Environ Sci Technol 34(19):4133-4139.
  • Lion LW, Liu A, Ahn I, Shuler ML. 2000. Bacterial Modification of Contaminant Fate and Transport in Soils. In: Proceedings of the Second International Congress of Environmental Microbiology. Javeriana University, Bogota, Colombia. pp.93-100.

1999

  • Ahn I, Ghiorse WC, Lion LW, Shuler ML. 1999. Independent prediction of naphthalene desorption and transport in porous media with a hybrid. Environ Sci Technol 33(18):3241-3248.
  • Ahn I, Lion LW, Shuler ML. 1999. Validation of a hybrid "two-site"/"gamma" model for naphthalene desorption kinetics. Environ Sci Technol 33(18):3241-3248.
  • Nelson YM, Lion LW, Ghiorse WC, Shuler ML. 1999. Production of biogenic Mn oxides by Leptothrix discophora SS-1 in a chemically defined growth medium and evaluation of their Pb absorption characteristics. Appl Environ Microbiol 65:175-180. PMID:9872777
  • Nelson YM, Lion LW, Shuler ML, Ghiorse WC. 1999. Lead binding to metal oxide and organic phases of natural aquatic biofilms. Limnology and Oceanography 44(7):1715-1729.

1998

  • Ahn I. 1998. Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Verification of Naphthalene Transport and Biodegradation in Soil. Ph.D. Dissertation, Graduate Field of Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
  • Ahn I, Ghiorse WC, Lion LW, Shuler ML. 1998. Growth kinetics of Pseudomonas putida G7 on naphthalene and occurrence of naphthalene toxicity during nutrient deprivation. Biotechnol Bioeng 59(5):587-594. PMID:10099376
  • Johnson WP, Cabral K, Lion LW, Corapcioglu YM. 1998. Reconciliation of expressions for the modified retardation factor and incorporation of non-linear effects. J Contam Hydrol 32:247-266.
  • Lorden SW, Chen W, Lion LW. 1998. Experiments and modeling of the transport of trichloroethene vapor in unsaturated aquifer material. Environ Sci Technol 32(13):2009-2017.

1997

  • Ahn I, Ghiorse WC, Lion LW, Shuler ML. 1997. Independent prediction of naphthalene transport and biodegradation in soil with a mathematical model. Biotechnol Bioeng 24:PMID:10440672
  • Czajka DR, Lion LW, Shuler ML, Ghiorse WC. 1997. Evaluation of the utility of bacterial extracellular polymers for treatment of metal contaminated soils: Polymer persistence, mobility and the influence of lead. Water Resour Res 31:2827-2839.

1996

  • Ahn I, Lion LW, Shuler ML. 1996. Microscale-based modeling of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon transport and biodegradation in soil. Biotechnol Bioeng 51:1-14. PMID:18627082
  • Al-Roumi Y. 1996. Synthesis, characterization, and applications of core polymerized inverted nano-micelles, and core polymerized double-layered nanospheres. Ph.D. Dissertation, Graduate Field of Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
  • Cabral K. 1996. Mobilization of metals and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in aquifer sand by bacterial extracellular polymer: competitive effects and desorption kinetics. M.S. Thesis, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

1995

  • Chen J, Czajka DR, Lion LW, Shuler ML, Ghiorse WC. 1995. Trace metal mobilization in soil by bacterial polymers. Environ Health Perspect 103(supp.1):53-58. PMID:7621800
  • Chen J, Lion LW, Ghiorse WC, Shuler ML. 1995. Mobilization of adsorbed cadmium and lead in aquifer material by bacterial extracellular polymers. Water Resour Res 29:421-430.
  • Czajka DR. 1995. Application of Bacterial Extracellular Polymers for Treatment of Metal Contaminated Soils: Polymer Persistence, Mobility, and the Influence of Lead. M.S. Thesis, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
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