Biodegradation of 2,4,6-tribromophenol during transport in fractured chalk

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 748-755

  Arnon, Shai ^a,c   Adar, Eilon ^a   Ronen, Zeev ^a   Nejidat, Ali ^a   Yakirevich, Alexander ^a   Nativ, Ronit ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CELL CULTURE; IMPURITIES; OXYGEN; PERMITTIVITY; PHENOLS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BACTERIAL ISOLATES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; TRIBROMOPHENOL (TBP);

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DNA 16S; OXYGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

BIODEGRADATION; CHALK; FRACTURE FLOW; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHALK; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FLOW RATE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; ROCK; WATER FLOW;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; PHENOLS; POROSITY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 13544277373     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0491578     Document Type: Article

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