Publications by authors named "Frans Korndorffer"
Article Synopsis
- The study focuses on identifying key acid metabolites, known as 'signature' metabolites, which enhance our understanding of how petroleum hydrocarbons break down in various environments like aquifers and seawater.
- Using advanced gas chromatography and mass spectrometry techniques, researchers successfully identified a variety of mono- and di-aromatic acid isomers from both commercial and biodegraded petroleum samples.
- The findings suggest that these identified acids can help differentiate between various bacterial degradation processes, offering insights into the biodegradation pathways of aromatic petroleum compounds.