Distribution and seasonal variation of methanotrophs in trichloroethylene contaminated groundwater

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 3717-3724

  Takeuchi, Mio ^a   Nanba, Kenji ^a   Iwamoto, Hiroshi ^b   Nirei, Hisashi ^c   Kazaoka, Osamu ^c   Furuya, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Techno Earth Corporation   (Japan)

^c Research Institute of Environmental Geology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Methane; Methanotrophs; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; METHANE; OXYGEN; WATER LEVELS;

TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

GROUNDWATER; METHANE; SEASONALITY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; JAPAN; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

CHIKURA; HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 0034668308     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(00)00141-X     Document Type: Article

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