Carbon isotope fractionation during dechlorination of 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin by a Dehalococcoides-containing culture

Chemosphere

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1113-1119

  Liu, Fang ^a   Cichocka, Danuta ^b   Nijenhuis, Ivonne ^b   Richnow, Hans Hermann ^b   Fennell, Donna E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compound specific isotope analysis; Dechlorination; Dehalococcoides; Dioxin

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CARBON ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; CHLORINATED COMPOUNDS; COMPOUND SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES; DIOXIN; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

DECHLORINATION;

1,2,3,4 TETRACHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; CARBON; DIBENZODIOXIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; CARBON ISOTOPE; DECHLORINATION; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; REACTION KINETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE; TCDD;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES; FRACTIONATION; INTERFEROMETER; NONHUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES 195;

EID: 77955415189     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.06.027     Document Type: Article

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