Comparison of lactate, formate, and propionate as hydrogen donors for the reductive dehalogenation of trichloroethene in a continuous-flow column

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 77-92

  Azizian, Mohammad F ^a   Marshall, Ian P G ^b   Behrens, Sebastian ^c   Spormann, Alfred M ^b   Semprini, Lewis ^a  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

"Dehalococcoides"; Clone libraries; Continuous flow column; Electron donors; Fe(III) reduction; Fermentation; Mn(IV) reduction; Reductive dehalogenation; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

CLONE LIBRARY; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; ELECTRON DONORS; FE REDUCTIONS; FE(III) REDUCTION; REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENATION; SULFATE REDUCTION;

AQUIFERS; CLONING; DEHALOGENATION; ETHYLENE; EXTRACTION; FERMENTATION; IRON OXIDES; LIBRARIES; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; REMEDIATION; RNA; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ELECTRONS;

ETHYLENE; FERRIC ION; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; IRON OXIDE; LACTIC ACID; MANGANESE DIOXIDE; PROPIONIC ACID; RNA 16S; SULFATE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ELECTRON; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; IRON OXIDE; MANGANESE; REDUCTION; SULFATE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHALOGENATION; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DNA EXTRACTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FERMENTATION; FLOW KINETICS; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOBACTER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SPIROCHETE; STEADY STATE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FORMIC ACIDS; HALOGENATION; LACTIC ACID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPIONATES; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; GEOBACTER; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 77949272191     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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