Microbial analysis of soil and groundwater from a gasworks site and comparison with a sequenced biological reactive barrier remediation process

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1227-1238

  Ferguson, A S ^a   Huang, W E ^b   Lawson, K A ^a   Doherty, R ^a   Gibert, O ^a   Dickson, K W ^a   Whiteley, A S ^b   Kulakov, L A ^a   Thompson, I P ^b   Kalin, R M ^a   Larkin, M J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Degraders; Gasworks; Groundwater; Microbial diversity; PAH; Permeable reactive barrier; Soil

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANALYSIS OF SOILS; BARRIER PROCESS; DEGRADER; GASWORK; MICROBIAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NAPHTHALENE REMOVAL; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; REACTIVE BARRIERS;

SOILS;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GROUND WATER; NAPHTHALENE DIOXYGENASE; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NAPHTHALENE; PAH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOREMEDIATION; COMAMONAS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

COMAMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 34247399056     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03398.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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