Evaluation of TCE and MTBE in situ biodegradation: Integrating stable isotope, metabolic intermediate, and microbial lines of evidence

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 63-73

  McKelvie, Jennifer R ^a   Hirschorn, Sarah K ^a   Lacrampe Couloume, Georges ^a   Lindstrom, Jon ^b   Braddock, Joan ^b   Finneran, Kevin ^b   Trego, Don ^b   Lollar, Barbara Sherwood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPES; METABOLITES;

METABOLIC INTERMEDIATES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ETHYLENE;

BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; ETHYLENE; ISOTOPES; METABOLITES;

BIODEGRADATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IN SITU STRESS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MTBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ALASKA; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

EID: 36348943464     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2007.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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