Stable isotope fractionation of tetrachloroethene during reductive dechlorination by Sulfurospirillum multivorans and Desulfitobacterium sp. strain PCE-S and abiotic reactions with cyanocobalamin

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3413-3419

  Nijenhuis, Ivonne ^a   Andert, Janet ^a   Beck, Kirsten ^a   Kästner, Matthias ^a   Diekert, Gabriele ^b   Richnow, Hans Hermann ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBON; CELLS; DECHLORINATION; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; VITAMINS;

ABIOTIC REACTIONS; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; TETRACHLOROETHENE;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CYANOCOBALAMIN; GROUND WATER; SOLVENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOGENATION; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FRACTIONATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SULFUROSPIRILLUM MULTIVORANS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHLORINE; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; VITAMIN B 12;

DESULFITOBACTERIUM SP.; DESULFITOBACTERIUM SP. PCE-S; SULFUROSPIRILLUM MULTIVORANS;

EID: 22144480139     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.7.3413-3419.2005     Document Type: Article

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