Microbial community response to addition of polylactate compounds to stimulate hexavalent chromium reduction in groundwater

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 660-665

  Brodie, Eoin L ^a   Joyner, Dominique C ^a   Faybishenko, Boris ^a   Conrad, Mark E ^a   Rios Velazquez, Carlos ^c   Malave, Josue ^c   Martinez, Ramon ^c   Mork, Benjamin ^d   Willett, Anna ^e   Koenigsberg, Steven ^f   Herman, Donald J ^b   Firestone, Mary K ^b   Hazen, Terry C ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d Regenesis Inc   (United States)

^e Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council   (United States)

^f Adventus Americas Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioremediation; Hexavalent chromium; Metal reduction; Polylactate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; HYDROGEN RELEASE COMPOUNDS; METAL REDUCTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MICROCOSM EXPERIMENTS; POLYLACTATE;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

CARBON; CHROMIUM; GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN; LACTATE SODIUM; POLYLACTIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHROMIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEN; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMERIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; DESULFOSPOROSINUS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

HANFORD; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOSPOROSINUS; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 80055096713     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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