Degradation of 1,2-dichloroethane by microbial communities from river sediment at various redox conditions

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3207-3216

  van der Zaan, Bas ^a,b   de Weert, Jasperien ^b,c   Rijnaarts, Huub ^b,c   de Vos, Willem M ^b   Smidt, Hauke ^b   Gerritse, Jan ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

1,2 Dichloroethane (1,2 DCA); Anaerobic oxidation; Reductive dechlorination; River sediment

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DECHLORINATION; ETHYLENE; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; RNA;

1 ,2-DICHLOROETHANES; 16S RRNA GENE CLONE LIBRARIES; ANAEROBIC OXIDATION; BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS; CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; RIVER SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; CHLOROETHANE; ETHYLENE; RNA 16S;

BIODEGRADATION; DECHLORINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ETHANE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; OXIDATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOGENATION; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPE; GENE LIBRARY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; RNA SEQUENCE; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEHALOBACTER; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; SULFUROSPIRILLUM;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHYLENE DICHLORIDES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 67649236084     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.04.042     Document Type: Article

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