Comprehensive assessment of bacterial communities and analysis of PCB congeners in PCB-contaminated sediment with depth

Journal of Environmental Engineering (United States)

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1167-1178

  Xu, Yan ^a,b   Yu, Youngseob ^c   Gregory, Kelvin B ^b   Vanbriesen, Jeanne M ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute of Construction Technology Daewoo Engineering and Construction   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dechlorination; Monitored natural attenuation; Polychlorinated bipehenyls (PCBs); Sediment core

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL POPULATION; CHLORINE CONTENT; COMPOSITION CHANGES; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; DECHLORINATION PRODUCTS; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); END-PRODUCTS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES; MONITORED NATURAL ATTENUATION; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NEW YORK; PCB CONGENERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPEHENYLS (PCBS); POPULATION NUMBERS; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT CORE; TIME-DEPENDENT; TIME-SCALES;

BIOLOGY; CHLORINE; DECHLORINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROORGANISMS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIUM; DECHLORINATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PCB; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TIMESCALE;

GRASSE RIVER; MASSENA; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

EID: 84870881828     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000595     Document Type: Article

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