Comparative assessments of benzene, toluene, and xylene natural attenuation by quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis of a catabolic gene, signature metabolites, and compound-specific isotope analysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 6065-6072

  Beller, Harry R ^a,d   Kane, Staci R ^a   Legler, Tina C ^a   Mckelvie, Jennifer R ^b   Lollar, Barbara Sherwood ^b   Pearson, Francesca ^a   Balser, Lianna ^a   Mackay, Douglas M ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BENZENE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMOLECULES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ETHANOL; FULLERENES; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; METABOLITES; MICROBIOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMERIZATION; PUMPS; RATE CONSTANTS; SULFATE MINERALS; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

16S RRNA GENES; ANAEROBIC GROUNDWATER; BACTERIAL ABUNDANCES; BENZENE , TOLUENE , AND XYLENE; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENTS; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; COPY NUMBER; DEGRADATION RATES; IN-SITU; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; METABOLITE CONCENTRATIONS; MONITORING METHODS; NATURAL ATTENUATION; O-XYLENE; PARALLEL LANES; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE;

DEGRADATION;

BENZENE; BENZYSUCCINATE; GROUND WATER; RNA 16S; SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE;

BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHANOL; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; ISOTOPES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOLUENE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XYLENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 49749095645     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8009666     Document Type: Article

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