Monitoring biodegradation of ethene and bioremediation of chlorinated ethenes at a contaminated site using compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1731-1738

  Mundle, Scott O C ^a   Johnson, Tiffany ^a   Lacrampe Couloume, Georges ^a   Pérez De Mora, Alfredo ^a,d   Duhamel, Melanie ^a   Edwards, Elizabeth A ^a   McMaster, Michaye L ^b   Cox, Evan ^b   Révész, Kinga ^c   Sherwood Lollar, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL MASS; AEROBIC CONDITION; AEROBIC SYSTEMS; ANAEROBIC SYSTEMS; CHLORINATED ETHENES; CIS-1 ,2-DICHLOROETHENE (CDCE); COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; CONTAMINATED SITES; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; GEORGIA; ISOTOPE ENRICHMENTS; LIMITED INFORMATION; MASS BALANCE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL PROCESS; NON-TOXIC PRODUCTS; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; SAVANNAH RIVER SITES; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS; VINYL CHLORIDES; WETLAND AREA;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DECHLORINATION; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; POLLUTION; REACTION KINETICS;

ETHYLENE;

ETHYLENE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMONITORING; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CONTAMINATED LAND; DECHLORINATION; ETHYLENE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MASS BALANCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLORINATION; COMPOUND SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; DECHLORINATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHYLENES; GEORGIA; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; KINETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GEORGIA; SAVANNAH RIVER; SOUTH DAKOTA; TWIN LAKES; UNITED STATES;

MYCOBACTERIUM SP.;

EID: 84856715876     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es202792x     Document Type: Article

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