Assessment of the natural attenuation of chlorinated ethenes in an anaerobic contaminated aquifer in the Bitterfeld/Wolfen area using stable isotope techniques, microcosm studies and molecular biomarkers

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 300-311

  Nijenhuis, Ivonne ^a   Nikolausz, Marcell ^a   Köth, Andreas ^a   Felföldi, Tamás ^a   Weiss, Holger ^a   Drangmeister, Jörg ^b   Großmann, Jochen ^b   Kästner, Matthias ^a   Richnow, Hans Hermann ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b GICON GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dehalobacter; Dehalococcoides; Desulfitobacterium; Desulfuromonas; Reductive dechlorination; Stable isotope fractionation; Taxon specific detection

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; DEGRADATION; DEHALOGENATION; FRACTIONATION; IMPURITIES; MICROBIOLOGY;

DEHALOBACTERS; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DESULFUROMONAS; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; STABLE ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; TAXON SPECIFIC DETECTION;

AQUIFERS;

BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ETHYLENE; ISOTOPE; MOLECULAR MARKER; TOLUENE;

AQUIFERS; BIOMARKERS; DEGRADATION; DEHALOGENATION; FRACTIONATION; IMPURITIES; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUIFER; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DECHLORINATION; ETHYLENE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; ISOTOPE; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POLLUTANT;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHALOGENATION; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DESULFUROMONAS; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MICROCOSM; MICROFLORA; POLLUTION; TAXON;

BITTERFELD; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SAXONY-ANHALT;

DEHALOBACTER; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DESULFUROMONAS;

EID: 33846194051     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.09.084     Document Type: Article

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