Biostimulation and bioaugmentation to enhance dechlorination of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins in contaminated sediments

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-281

  Ahn, Young Beom ^a   Liu, Fang ^a   Fennell, Donna E ^a   Häggblom, Max M ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic dechlorination; Bioaugmentation; Biostimulation; Dehalococcoides ethenogenes; Polychlorinated dioxins

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,4 TETACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 1,2,3,4 TETRACHLOROBENZENE; 1,3, DICHLOROBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2 CHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,3 DICHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; DECHLORINATION; DIOXIN; ELECTRON; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES; FINLAND; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HALOGENATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TCEA GENE; UNITED STATES;

BENZOFURANS; CHLOROFLEXI; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS; FINLAND; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MAINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WASHINGTON;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; ETELA SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; GULF ISLANDS; KYMIJOKI RIVER; LAKE ROOSEVELT; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES; DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES 195;

EID: 53949122025     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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