Microbial characterization of groundwater undergoing treatment with a permeable reactive iron barrier

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1122-1127

  Da Silva, Marcio L B ^a   Johnson, Richard L ^b   Alvarez, Pedro J J ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater samples; Permeable reactive barrier; Phylogenetic analyses; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; CELLS; CORROSION; GROUNDWATER; MICROORGANISMS;

MICROBIAL CHARACTERIZATION; PERMEABLE REACTIVE IRON BARRIER; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSES; ZERO-VALENT IRON (ZVI);

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

GROUND WATER;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORROSION; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFUROMONADALES; GEOBACTER; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERMEABLE REACTIVE IRON BARRIER; PH; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

CLOSTRIDIA; CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFUROMONADALES; GEOBACTER SP.;

EID: 35348965195     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2007.0016     Document Type: Article

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