Stable carbon isotope fractionation of 1,2-dichloropropane during dichloroelimination by Dhalococcoides populations

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 6915-6919

  Fletcher, Kelly E ^a   Löffler, Frank E ^a,b   Richnow, Hans Hermann ^c   Nijenhuis, Ivonne ^c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARENT KINETICS; CONCERTED REACTIONS; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DICHLOROETHANE; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; PENTACHLOROETHANES; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; TETRACHLOROETHANE;

POPULATION STATISTICS; PROPYLENE;

ISOTOPES;

1,2 DICHLOROPROPANE; CARBON; PENTACHLOROETHANE; PROPANE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TETRACHLOROETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; CARBON ISOTOPE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; REACTION KINETICS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLOROFLEXI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; FRACTIONATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN;

ALKENES; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; KINETICS; PROPANE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

EID: 70349150030     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es900365x     Document Type: Article

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