Detection and quantification of dehalococcoides-related bacteria in a chlorinated ethene-contaminated aquifer undergoing natural attenuation

Bioremediation Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 193-209

  Bürgmann, Helmut ^a,b   Kleikemper, Jutta ^a   Duc, Laurence ^a   Bunge, Michael ^a   Schroth, Martin H ^a   Zeyer, Josef ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; CARD FISH; Dehalogenation; Natural attenuation; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ACTIVE PROCESS; CARD-FISH; CELL NUMBER; CLONING AND SEQUENCING; CONTAMINATED SITES; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; END POINTS; IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIQUID PHASE; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PCR PRODUCTS; QUANTIFICATION METHODS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; SWITZERLAND; TETRACHLOROETHENE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOGENATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 57549085774     PISSN: 10889868     EISSN: 15476529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10889860802477218     Document Type: Article

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