Hydroxylated metabolites of β- and δ-hexachlorocyclohexane: Bacterial formation, stereochemical configuration, and occurrence in groundwater at a former production site

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4291-4298

  Raina, Vishakha ^a   Hauser, Andrea ^b   Buser, Hans Rudolf ^b   Rentsch, Daniel ^c   Sharma, Poonam ^d   Lal, Rup ^d   Holliger, Christof ^e   Poiger, Thomas ^b   Müller, Markus D ^b   Kohler, Hans Peter E ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXY METABOLITES; ISOMERIC PENTACHLOROCYCLOHEXANOLS; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; METABOLITES; PARAFFINS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

WATER ANALYSIS;

BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; DELTA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; GROUND WATER; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA-HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; DELTA-HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; WATER;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; METABOLITES; PARAFFINS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HCH; METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCUBATION TIME; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOIL MICROFLORA; STEREOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; HYDROXYLATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPHINGOMONADACEAE; STEREOISOMERISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPHINGOBIUM INDICUM;

CYCLOHEXANOLS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROXYLATION; LINDANE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPHINGOMONADACEAE; STEREOISOMERISM; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34250855095     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062908g     Document Type: Article

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