Invariant chlorine isotopic signatures during microbial PCB reductive dechlorination

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 445-448

  Drenzek, Nicholas J ^a   Eglinton, Timothy I ^a   Wirsen, Carl O ^a   Sturchio, Neil C ^b   Heraty, Linnea J ^b   Sowers, Kevin R ^c   Wu, Qingzhong ^d   May, Harold D ^d   Reddy, Christopher M ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Chlorine isotopes; Organic contaminants; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Reductive dechlorination

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CHLORINE; COMPOSITION; DECHLORINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; MICROORGANISMS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

MICROBIAL REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CHLORINE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DECHLORINATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PCB;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; REDUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; STANDARD;

EID: 0346690187     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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