Effect of coplanar PCB concentration on dechlorinating microbial communities and dechlorination in estuarine sediments

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-55

  Ho, Chuan Hsin ^a   Liu, Shiu Mei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic dechlorination; Chloroflexi phylotypes; Concentration; Coplanar PCBs; Dechlorinating bacteria

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC WATER; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTROPHORESIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS;

ANAEROBIC DECHLORINATION; CHLOROFLEXI PHYLOTYPES; COPLANAR PCBS; DECHLORINATION PRODUCTS; DECHLORINATION RATE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION;

DECHLORINATION;

3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 3,4,4',5 TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECHLORINATION; ELECTROKINESIS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PCB;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CHLOROFLEXI; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECHLORINATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ESTUARINE SPECIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

ERJEN RIVER; TAIWAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS);

EID: 78650220695     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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