Variations in 13C/12C and D/H enrichment factors of aerobic bacterial fuel oxygenate degradation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2036-2043

  Rosell, Mònica ^a   Barceló, Damià ^a   Rohwerder, Thore ^b   Breuer, Uta ^c   Gehre, Matthias ^c   Richnow, Hans Hermann ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DEGRADATION; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; WATER ANALYSIS;

CONTAMINATION PLUMES; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; ETHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER (ETBE); ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION;

WATER TREATMENT;

CARBON; CARBON 13; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; ETHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; ETHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER; HYDROGEN; METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIA; DEGRADATION; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROLYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MTBE; OXIC CONDITIONS;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; METHYLIBIUM; METHYLIBIUM PETROLEIPHILUM; NONHUMAN; PLUME; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS RUBER; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; FRACTIONATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLIBIUM; METHYLIBIUM PETROLEIPHILUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS RUBER;

AEROBIOSIS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ETHYL ETHERS; HYDROGEN; KINETICS; METHYL ETHERS; RHODOCOCCUS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33947422447     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0616175     Document Type: Article

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