Anaerobic
Definitions
Anaerobic - "Able to live, grow, or take place where free oxygen is not present." - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2009
Anaerobic - "Not requiring molecular oxygen." - International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 1993
Anaerobic - "(a) Said of an organism (esp. a bacterium) that can live in the absence of free oxygen; also, said of its activities. (b) Said of conditions that exist only in the absence of free oxygen." - Wilson and Moore, 1998
Anaerobic - "Anaerobic organisms use substances other than oxygen as electron acceptors when degradating organic compounds." - National Research Council, 1994
Anaerobic - "Descriptive of a chemical reaction or a micro-organism that does not require the presence of air or oxygen; examples are the fermentation of sugars by yeast and the decomposition of sewage sludge by anaerobic bacteria. It also applies to certain polymers that solidify when kept out of contact with air." - Hawley, 1981
Related Definitions
Anoxic
Anaerobic Biodegradation
Biodegradation
Electron Acceptor
Electron Donor
Aerobic
Aerobic Biodegradation
Biotransformation
Natural Attenuation
USGS Information on Biodegradation
- Crosscutting Topics, Toxic Substances Hydrology (Toxics) Program
- Toxics Program Biodegradation Investigations
- Toxics Program Remediation Related Activities
- Biodegradation of Charcoal Production Wastes, Kingsford, Mich.
- Quantifying Subsurface Biodegredation, Norman Municipal Landfill, Norman, Okla.
- Can Trees Clean Up Ground Water? Phytoremediation of Trichloroethene-Contaminated Ground Water at Air Force Plant 4, Fort Worth, Tex.
- Natural Attenuation of Wood Preservatives in Ground Water, Pensacola, Fla.
- Natural Aquifer Restoration, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Cape Cod, Mass.
- RDX Biodegradation Assessment, Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Wash.
- Oxygen-Release Compound Remediation Tests, Laurel Bay, S.C.
- Quantifying Natural Attenuation at the Plume Scale, Galloway Township, N.J. and Laurel Bay, S.C.
- USGS National Research Program Biodegradation Related Projects
- Bioremediation Activities, USGS Microbiology Research
- Geochemical and Microbial Evidence of Fuel Biodegradation in a Contaminated Karst Aquifer in Southern Kentucky, June 1999
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Other Information on Biodegradation
References
Hawley, G.G., 1981, The condensed chemical dictionary: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1135 p.
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 1993, Glossary for chemists of terms used in toxicology: Pure and Applied Chemistry, v. 65, no. 9, p. 2003-2122.
National Research Council, 1994, Alternatives for ground water cleanup: Washington, D.C., National Academies Press, 315 p.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2009, Glossary of technical terms: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, access date June 10, 2011.
Wilson, W.E., and Moore, J.E., 1998, Glossary of hydrology: Alexandria, Virginia, American Geological Institute, 248 p.
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