Method for bacterial treatment of effluents containing 2-ethylhexyl nitrate
US8366933B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 21, 2008 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 11, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC02F2101/38
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for treating effluents containing 2-ethylhexyl nitrate (2-EHN), or nitric ester of 2-ethylhexane-1-ol, in order to reduce at least partly the concentration thereof, characterized in that it comprises growing, in the presence of a suitable substrate, a Corynebacterium urealyticum CIP-1-2126 bacterium and degrading the 2-EHN contained in the effluents by the biomass of said bacterium thus produced. The invention has application in the Application: depollution of waters and soils polluted by 2-EHN.
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