Transport behavior of surrogate biological warfare agents in a simulated landfill: Effect of leachate recirculation and water infiltration

Pascal Saikaly; Kristin A. Hicks; Morton A. Barlaz; Francis Delos De Los De Los Reyes

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Transport behavior of surrogate biological warfare agents in a simulated landfill: Effect of leachate recirculation and water infiltration

Pascal Saikaly, Kristin A. Hicks, Morton A. Barlaz, Francis Delos De Los De Los Reyes

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An understanding of the transport behavior of biological warfare (BW) agents in landfills is required to evaluate the suitability of landfills for the disposal of building decontamination residue (BDR) following a bioterrorist attack on a building. Surrogate BW agents, Bacillus atrophaeus spores and Serratia marcescens, were spiked into simulated landfill reactors that were filled with synthetic building debris (SBD) and operated for 4 months with leachate recirculation or water infiltration. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (Q-PCR) was used to monitor surrogate transport. In the leachate recirculation reactors,

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	8622-8628
Number of pages	7
Journal	Environmental Science & Technology
Volume	44
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/es101937a
State	Published - Nov 15 2010

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