Publication Date

7-1983

Advisor(s) - Committee Chair

Norman Holy, John Reasoner, Martin Houston

Degree Program

Department of Chemistry

Degree Type

Master of Science

Abstract

The common bacterial genera Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter are ubiquitous in most soils and are capable of degrading a large number of chemical compounds. While the degradative pathways of several individual aromatic compounds are known, the degradative pathways of many other aromatic compounds have not yet been elucidated. In addition, very little work has been done on the microbial degradation of coal liquids in the environment.

Previous work at Western Kentucky University has shown that decomposition of Ashland Oil Company's liquified coal can indeed be accomplished by the above bacterial genera in an enriched liquid media. The topic of this thesis is the decomposition of H-coal liquid and several selected aromatic compounds by soil containing viable microorganisms.

Disciplines

Chemistry | Physical Sciences and Mathematics

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Chemistry Commons

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