Sulfur and oxygen isotope fractionation during benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylene degradation by sulfate-reducing bacteria

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3879-3885

  Knöller, Kay ^a   Vogt, Carsten ^a   Richnow, Hans Herrmann ^a   Weise, Stephan M ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; DUAL ISOTOPE APPROACH; ISOTOPE EXCHANGE; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA;

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; DISPERSIONS; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; OXYGEN; SULFATE; SULFUR; TOLUENE; WATER; XYLENE;

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; DISPERSIONS; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUIFER POLLUTION; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; FRACTIONATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADSORPTION; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOBACULA TOLUOLICA; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; TIME; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; FRESH WATER; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SULFATES; SULFUR ISOTOPES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA; TOLUENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XYLENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOBACULA TOLUOLICA;

EID: 33745162561     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es052325r     Document Type: Article

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