Assessing iron-mediated oxidation of toluene and reduction of nitroaromatic contaminants in anoxic environments using compound-specific isotope analysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7773-7780

  Tobler, Nicole B ^a   Hofstetter, Thomas B ^a   Schwarzenbach, René P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FRACTIONATION; IRON; ISOTOPES;

ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; TOLUENE OXIDATION;

TOLUENE;

AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; IRON; TOLUENE;

CONTAMINATION; FRACTIONATION; IRON; ISOTOPES; TOLUENE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; CARBON ISOTOPE; IRON; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; REDUCTION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; ELECTRONS; HYDROGEN; IRON; ISOTOPES; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; TIME FACTORS; TOLUENE;

GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS;

EID: 36249004955     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071129c     Document Type: Article

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