Dechlorination and detoxification of 1,2,3,4,7,8-hexachlorodibenzofuran by a mixed culture containing Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 602-607

  Liu, Fang ^a   Fennell, Donna E ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; SUBSTRATE AMENDMENT;

DECHLORINATION; STRAIN; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SUBSTRATES;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

1,2,3,4 TETRACHLOROBENZENE; 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9 OCTACHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; 1,2,3,4,7,8 HEXACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 1,2,4,7,8 PENTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 1,3,4,7,8 PENTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; DIBENZODIOXIN DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS;

DECHLORINATION; STRAIN; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SUBSTRATES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECHLORINATION; DETOXIFICATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENE; DETOXIFICATION; NONHUMAN; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLOROFLEXI; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES 195;

BENZOFURANS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLOROFLEXI; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 40949152484     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071380s     Document Type: Article

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