Impacts of microbial community composition on isotope fractionation during reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethylene

Biodegradation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 431-444

  Dong, Yiran ^a,b   Butler, Elizabeth C ^b   Philp, Paul ^c   Krumholz, Lee R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron donors; Isotope fractionation; Microbial community composition; Reductive dechlorination; Tetrachloroethylene

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DONORS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; TETRACHLOROETHYLENES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLONING; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; ELECTRONS; GROUNDWATER; RNA; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER TREATMENT;

ISOTOPES;

RNA 16S; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECHLORINATION; DOMINANCE; ELECTRON; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POND; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CLASSIFICATION; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

SULFUROSPIRILLUM HALORESPIRANS; SULFUROSPIRILLUM MULTIVORANS;

EID: 79952188548     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-010-9416-2     Document Type: Article

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