Protistan predation affects trichloroethene biodegradation in a bedrock aquifer

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7588-7593

  Cunningham III, Joseph J ^a   Kinner, Nancy E ^a   Lewis, Maureen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CULTURES; BEDROCK AQUIFERS; BIO-AUGMENTATION; CHLORINATED ETHENES; DICHLOROETHENES; ELECTRON DONORS; IN-SITU; LABORATORY MICROCOSM; LOW LEVEL; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SLOW BIODEGRADATION; TOPDOWN; TRICHLOROETHENES; VINYL CHLORIDES;

AQUIFERS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON MONOXIDE; DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; REACTION KINETICS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

DECHLORINATION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; BEDROCK; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DECHLORINATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; PREDATION; PROTIST; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUKARYOTA; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTISTA;

EID: 73249147283     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01820-09     Document Type: Article

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