Pathway-dependent isotope fractionation during aerobic and anaerobic degradation of monochlorobenzene and 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 8321-8327

  Liang, Xiaoming ^a   Howlett, Michael R ^a   Nelson, Jennifer L ^b   Grant, Gavin ^c   Dworatzek, Sandra ^d   Lacrampe Couloume, Georges ^a   Zinder, Stephen H ^b   Edwards, Elizabeth A ^a   Sherwood Lollar, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^d SiREM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 ,2 ,4-TRICHLOROBENZENE; 1 ,2 ,4-TRICHLOROBENZENE (1 ,2 ,4-TCB); AEROBIC DEGRADATION; ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; ANAEROBIC REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; BOND CLEAVAGES; CARBON ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; DIOXYGENASES; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANTS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROCOSM EXPERIMENTS; MONO-CHLOROBENZENE; NATURAL ATTENUATION; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE FRACTIONATIONS;

BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ISOTOPES;

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; DIOXYGENASE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL BONDING; DECHLORINATION; ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; NATURAL ATTENUATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CARBON ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; FRACTIONATION; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHLOROBENZENES; HALOGENATION; KINETICS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS;

EID: 80053432042     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es201224x     Document Type: Article

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