General Electric Company

Tah-Mun Su

John Henry Lobos

Terry K Leib

Hsueh-Rong Chang

In-situ extraction of contaminants, such as PCBs, from soil is achieved by an electroosmosis technique. The soil is treated with a low concentration surfactant solution used as a purging liquid. The contaminant is dissolved in the ground water, aided by the purging liquid. An electric field is applied to a region of the soil causing the ground water, contaminant and surfactant to move by electroosmosis to a collection point where the purging liquid, dissolved contaminant and surfactant are collected and removed from the soil. This method may also be used to control the direction of seepage of the contaminants.

Surfactant augmented in-situ removal of PCBs from soil by electroosmosis

A gram-negative, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium which is closely related to Chryseomonas luteola and Flavimonas oryzihabitans, has been found to catalyze the biodegradation and biotransformation of bisphenol alkanes, such as 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane or bisphenol A. A variety of bisphenol alkyl alcohols can be made by this procedure.

Biologically pure culture NRRL-B18737 useful in a method for

Method for biodegrading and biotransforming bisphenol alkanes, and

A gram-negative aerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium which is closely related to Chryseomonas luteola and Flavimonas oryzihabitans, has been found to catalyze the biodegradation and biotransformation of bisphenol alkanes, such as 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane or bisphenol A. A variety of bisphenol alkyl alcohols can be made by this procedure.

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Schenectady, NY, United States of America

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