Aerobic
Definitions
Aerobic - "Able to live, grow, or take place only when free oxygen is present." - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2009
Aerobic - "Requiring molecular oxygen." - International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 1993
Aerobic - "Conditions under which molecular oxygen serves as the terminal electron acceptor in respiration or in metabolic oxygenation." - International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 1996
Aerobic - "(a) Said of an organism (esp. a bacterium) that can live only in the presence of free oxygen; also, said of its activities. (b) Said of conditions that can exist only in the presence of free oxygen." - Wilson and Moore, 1998
Aerobic - "Aerobic organisms require oxygen to degrade organic compounds. They transfer electrons from the organic material to oxygen, which is termed the 'electron acceptor.'" - National Research Council, 1994
Related Definitions
Biodegradation
Aerobic Biodegradation
Electron Acceptor
Electron Donor
Anaerobic
Anaerobic Biodegradation
Anoxic
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
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 1996, Glossary of terms relating to pesticides: Pure and Applied Chemistry, v. 68, no. 5, p. 1167-1193.
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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