Effect of environmental conditions on polychlorinated biphenyl transformations and bacterial communities in a river sediment

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1186-1199

  D'Angelo, Elisa ^a   Nunez, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bioindicators; Dehalococcoides; Reductive dechlorination; Syntrophic associations

Indexed keywords

ACETATE; AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; BIOREMEDIATION; DECHLORINATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDROGEN; METHANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRATE; NITRITE; OXIC CONDITIONS; PCB; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULFATE;

OHIO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ACIDOBACTERIALES; ANAEROMYXOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDALES; CLOSTRIDIALES; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DESULFOBACTERALES; DESULFOMONILE; DESULFUROMONAS; GEOBACTER; HYDROGENOPHILALES; MYXOCOCCALES; SYNTROPHOBACTERALES;

EID: 77955816941     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-010-0218-2     Document Type: Article

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