Biological enhancement of tetrachloroethene dissolution and associated microbial community changes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3623-3633

  Sleep, Brent E ^a   Seepersad, David J ^a   Mo, Kaiguo ^a   Heidorn, Christina M ^a   Hrapovic, Leila ^a   Morrill, Penny L ^a   McMaster, Michaye L ^b   Hood, Eric D ^b   Lebron, Carmen ^c   Lollar, Barbara Sherwood ^a   Major, David W ^b   Edwards, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^c NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING SERVICE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTIMULATION; DENSE NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID (DNAPL); REMOVAL RATES; TETRACHLOROETHENE;

AQUIFERS; CELL CULTURE; DECHLORINATION; DISSOLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; OLEFINS; REDUCTION;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ETHYLENE; GROUND WATER; IRON; METHANE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

AQUIFERS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DECHLORINATION; DISSOLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; OLEFINS; REDUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DECHLORINATION; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECHLORINATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DISSOLUTION; GEOBACTER; METHANOGENESIS; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ETHYLENES; GEOBACTER; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES; GEOBACTER;

EID: 33744783360     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051493g     Document Type: Article

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