Degradable Compounds

Our products are used to remediate many different compounds. In the table below we have categorized biodegradability into three level. Not all compounds are good candidates for bioremediation, many factors need to be taken into consideration. One such factor is bio-compatatibility, if the compound is toxic then most likely it will also be toxic to the microbes. Basically, you need to know what compounds are in a site in order to effectively treat it.

Level #1 - easy

Petroleum related (fossil fuels) Examples include; crude oil, gasoline, and diesel fuel.

  

Level #2 - easy to medium

Solvents, wood preservatives, paint solvents, poly nuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, TCE, petroleum wastes, chemical manufacturing wastes, PCE, pesticides, TCA, PCBs, TNT, complex poly nuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (>5 rings), and dioxins.

  

Level #3 - hard to difficult

Metals (may alter oxidation, reduction and be toxic), salts, highly insoluble compounds, synthetic oils, and polymerized asphaltenes.
Description Level

Description

Level

Description

Level
Acenaphthene 2 Ethylene Chloride 2 Motor Oils 2
Acrolein 2 Fluornthene 1 Naphthalene's 1
Acrylonitrile 2 Fuel Oils # 1 - 6 1 Nitrated Phenols 2
Alkylamine Oxides 2 Gasoline 1 Oil Based Fluids 1
Aromatics 2 Grease 2 Oil Based Paints 2
Benzene 1 Heating Oils 1 Organic Herbicides 2
Biphenyl 2 Heptane 1 Organic Pesticides 2
Brake Fluids 2 Hexane/Hexene 1 Pentane 2
Branched Hydrocarbons 1 Hydraulic Fluids 1 Phenoxyacetates 2
Chlorinated Phenols 2 Hydrocarbons - petroleum 1 Phenylureas 2
Chlorobenzene 2 Isoprene 1 Polycyclic Aromatics 2
Crude Oils/Cutting Oils 1 Kerosene 1 Sec. Alkylbenzene 2
Cyanide 2 Long-Chained Alkanes 1 Toluene 1
Dichlorobenzene 2 Lubricating Oils 2 Trichloroethylene 2
Diesel Fuels 1 Marine Fuels 2 Vegetable Oils 1
Ethyl benzene 1 Monoalkylbenzenes 2 Xylene 1