NRSC 333 Final: Final Notes - PART 2

• School: McGill University
• Department: Natural Resource Sciences
• Course: NRSC 333
• Professor: Lyle white

Document Summary

Final exam notes - nrsc 333- lyle white: atlas, r. m. , bartha, r. 1998. 4th edition (qr100 a87 1998)2: scragg, a. Isbn 0-19926867-33: b. slonczewsk joan, foster, john. Objective: understand the role of microbes in the environmental processes that we associate with bioremediation. Current bacterial taxonomic and detection methods are dna-based. Optimal bioremediation processes from better understanding biodegradative organisms. Generally better than conventional solutions because pollutants more completely destroyed and cost less - but also slower and less predictable: exxon valdez oil spill. Rst use of bioremediation to attempt to clean an oil spill (1989) Common pollutants, crude oil - simple organic components studied long term, good overall model system. Largest spill: deep water horizon (2010: savannah river sites: tce-contaminated aquifer. Rst in situ bioremediation of chlorinated organic solvents (complex) Chlorinated organic solvents extremely common contaminant: eureka bioremediation site, ellesmere island. Heating fuel/diesel (hydrocarbon spill) remediation using molecular monitoring. Analyzed oil properties, microbes and enzymes present.