ASTM F1600-95a

Standard Terminology Relating to Bioremediation

SCOPE
1.1 This terminology defines the terminology used in test methods, specifications, guides, and practices related to bioremediation technology.  
1.2 These definitions are written to ensure that standards related to bioremediation technology are understood and interpreted properly.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Sep-1995
• Technical Committee: F20 - Hazardous Substances and Oil Spill Response

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM F1600-95a(2001) - Standard Terminology Relating to Bioremediation
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-1995

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 1600 – 95a
Standard Terminology
Relating to Bioremediation
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1600; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope rate of biodegradation of target pollutants by indigenous
species (predominantly bacteria and fungi).
1.1 This terminology defines the terminology used in test
buffer—a solution of partially ionized acids or bases capable
methods, specifications, guides, and practices related to biore-
of reducing pH changes in the presence of added alkalis or
mediation technology.
acids.
1.2 These definitions are written to ensure that standards
carcinogen—cancer-causing agent.
related to bioremediation technology are understood and inter-
culture—controlled inoculation, growth, and harvesting of
preted properly.
known microorganisms.
2. Referenced Documents decomposers—microorganisms, predominantly bacteria and
fungi, that convert complex organic matter into simpler
2.1 ASTM Standards:
organic and inorganic molecules.
F 873 Guide for Incinerating Oil Spill Wastes at Temporary
disinfectants—physical and chemical agents used for inacti-
Field Locations
vating or destroying microorganisms.
F 1481 Guide for Ecological Considerations for the Use of
ecosystem—organisms and the surrounding environment com-
Bioremediation in Oil Spill Response—Sand and Gravel
bined in a community that is self-supporting. F 1481
Beaches
effluent—the liquid discharge from a process.
3. Terminology
end product—the chemical compound resulting from a par-
ticular metabolic process.
3.1 Definitions:
enrichment culture—a liquid culture that enhances the
aerobes—organisms that require air or free oxygen for growth.
growth of a given type of organism.
F 1481
landfill—a land disposal technique that uses excavated pits to
anaerobes—organisms that grow in the absence of air or
contain the oil spill waste material. The waste is placed in
oxygen and do not use molecular oxygen in respiration.
the excavation, covered over, and left to degrade. F 873
F 1481
leachate—the liquid residue from the migration of environ-
arctic—the biogeographic realm that comprises the tundra and
mental pollutants mediated by surface or ground water.
treeless grounds lying north of the timberline in the Northern
marine—relating to the ocean. F 1481
hemisphere or south of the timberline in the Southern
medium—the material that supports the growth and reproduc-
hemisphere.
tion of microorganisms.
bioaugmentation—the addition of microorganisms (predomi-
mesophile—an organism with an optimum growth temperature
nantly bacteria) to increase the biodegradation rate of target
range of 20 to 45°C.
pollutants. F 1481
metabolic pathway—the sequence of biochemical reactions
biodegradation—the chemical alteration and breakdown of a
that allows conversion for carbon or energy assimilation.
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