14.4: Examples of microbial impacts to chemical contaminants

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    Microbial activity can alter concentrations of a wide range of contaminants and ultimately cause water quality to degrade or improve. The subsections below provide examples for some common contaminants and the ways that they are influenced by microorganisms. This information is critical to developing strategies that use microorganisms to help clean contaminated water, which is the subject of the next section (Section 14.5).

    14.4.1: Nitrate

    14.4.2: Arsenic

    14.4.3: Acid mine drainage

    14.4.4: Chlorinated solvents

    14.4.5: Petroleum hydrocarbons

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