1,1-Dichloroethene as a predominant intermediate of microbial trichloroethene reduction

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1830-1836

  Zhang, Jingjing ^a   Joslyn, Andrew P ^a,b   Chiu, Pei C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DECHLORINATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYMES; GENES; REDUCTION; RNA;

AMPICILLIN; LANDFILL SITES; MICROBIAL CULTURES; PHOTOREVERSIBILITY;

CELL CULTURE;

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CELL EXTRACT; COBALT; CORRINOID; ETHYLENE; METHYL IODIDE; RNA 16S; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE;

CELL CULTURE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DECHLORINATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYMES; GENES; REDUCTION; RNA;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LANDFILL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREACTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; RNA GENE; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

AMPICILLIN; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLORINE; CHLOROFLEXI; COBALT; CORRINOIDS; DICHLOROETHYLENES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, IODINATED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STEREOISOMERISM; TIME FACTORS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

EID: 33645218543     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051829m     Document Type: Article

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