Characterization of groundwater microbial communities, dechlorinating bacteria, and in situ biodegradation of chloroethenes along a vertical gradient

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 107-122

  Imfeld, Gwenaël ^a,c   Pieper, Hanna ^a   Shani, Noam ^b   Rossi, Pierre ^b   Nikolausz, Marcell ^a   Nijenhuis, Ivonne ^a   Paschke, Heidrun ^a   Weiss, Holger ^a   Richnow, Hans H ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Aquifer heterogeneity; Chloroethenes; Compound specific isotope analysis; Dehalococcoides; Ordination methods

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER HETEROGENEITY; CHLOROETHENES; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; ORDINATION METHODS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPURITIES; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

BIODEGRADATION;

CHLOROETHENE DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DECHLORINATION; ETHYLENE; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORDINATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOBACTER; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; GEOBACTER; GEOCHEMISTRY; GERMANY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEHALOBACTER; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; GEOBACTER;

EID: 80053596599     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-0774-0     Document Type: Article

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