Reductive dehalogenation of tetrabromobisphenol-A by sediment from a contaminated ephemeral streambed and an enrichment culture

Chemosphere

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1472-1478

  Arbeli, Ziv ^a,b   Ronen, Zeev ^b   Díaz Báez, María Consuelo ^a  

^a Edificio Manuel Ancizar   (Colombia)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Bioremediation; Brominated flame retardant; Negev desert; Reductive dehalogenation; TBBPA

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CELL CULTURE; DEHALOGENATION; FLAME RETARDANTS; MICROORGANISMS; REDUCTION;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; NEGEV DESERT; REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENATION; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL-A (TBBPA);

SEDIMENTS;

2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BROMOETHANE SULFONATE; CARBON; FERRIC ION; HYDROGEN; MOLYBDIC ACID; NITRATE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PYRUVIC ACID; SULFATE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOREMEDIATION; CELL CULTURE; DEHALOGENATION; FLAME RETARDANTS; MICROORGANISMS; REDUCTION; SEDIMENTS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BROMINE COMPOUND; EPHEMERAL STREAM; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANOHALOGEN; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STREAM BED;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON SOURCE; CONTAMINATION; DEBROMINATION; DEHALOGENATION; ELECTRON; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; REDUCTION; SALINITY; SAMPLE; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33745977399     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.12.069     Document Type: Article

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