Pathway dependent isotopic fractionation during aerobic biodegradation of 1,2-dichloroethane

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 4775-4781

  Hirschorn, Sarah K ^a   Dinglasan, M Joyce ^a   Elsner, Martin ^a   Mancini, Silvia A ^a   Lacrampe Couloume, Georges ^a   Edwards, Elizabeth A ^a   Lollar, Barbara Sherwood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; DEHALOGENATION; ENZYMES; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION;

AUTOTROPHICUS; ENZYMATIC REACTIONS; HYDROLYTIC DEHALOGENATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION;

ETHANE;

1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; CARBON; GROUND WATER; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

BIODEGRADATION; ETHANE; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; REMEDIATION;

ANCYLOBACTER AQUATICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; XANTHOBACTER; XANTHOBACTER AUTOTROPHICUS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; ETHYLENE DICHLORIDES; FRESH WATER; HYPHOMICROBIACEAE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PSEUDOMONAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XANTHOBACTER;

ANCYLOBACTER; ANCYLOBACTER AQUATICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; XANTHOBACTER; XANTHOBACTER AUTOTROPHICUS;

EID: 4544364556     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049920y     Document Type: Article

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