Microbial activity and distribution during enhanced contaminant dissolution from a NAPL source zone

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2963-2974

  Amos, Benjamin K ^a   Suchomel, Eric J ^a   Pennell, Kurt D ^a,b   Löffler, Frank E ^a,c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenhanced dissolution; Bioremediation; Chlorinated ethenes; DNAPL; qPCR; Reductive dechlorination

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DECHLORINATION; DISSOLUTION;

BIOENHANCED DISSOLUTION; CHLORINATED ETHENES; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION;

WATER ANALYSIS;

1,2 CIS DICHLOROETHENE; TETRACHLOROETHANE;

BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DECHLORINATION; DISSOLUTION; WATER ANALYSIS;

BACTERIUM; DECHLORINATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSITION ZONE;

ARTICLE; DECHLORINATION; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SULFUROSPIRILLUM MULTIVORANS;

EID: 44749090343     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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