Stable isotope fractionation of γ-hexachlorocyclohexane (lindane) during reductive dechlorination by two strains of sulfate-reducing bacteria

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3155-3161

  Badea, Silviu Laurentiu ^a,b,c   Vogt, Carsten ^a   Weber, Stefanie ^a,d   Danet, Andrei Florin ^b   Richnow, Hans Hermann ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^d RCC Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC ENVIRONMENT; APPARENT KINETICS; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BOND CLEAVAGES; CARBON ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; DESULFOVIBRIO; ELECTRON DONORS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; GIGAS; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; RAYLEIGH MODELS; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; STABLE ISOTOPES; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA;

BACTERIOLOGY; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; DECHLORINATION; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT;

ISOTOPES;

BENZENE; BENZOIC ACID; CARBON; CHLORINE; CHLOROBENZENE; LACTIC ACID; LINDANE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON ISOTOPE; DECHLORINATION; HCH; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMICAL BINDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; DESULFOVIBRIO GIGAS; FRACTIONATION; KINETICS; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; DESULFOVIBRIO GIGAS; HALOGENATION; LINDANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOCOCCUS MULTIVORANS; DESULFOVIBRIO GIGAS;

EID: 66449088856     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801284m     Document Type: Article

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