Microbially mediated reductive dechlorination of weathered polychlorinated dibenzofurans in Kymijoki sediment mesocosms

Chemosphere

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 212-221

  Liu, Hui ^a   Park, Joong Wook ^a,d   Fennell, Donna E ^b   Rodenburg, Lisa A ^b   Verta, Matti ^c   Häggblom, Max M ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehalococcoides; Kymijoki sediments; Reductive dechlorination; Weathered PCDFs

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DECHLORINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RNA;

CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO P DIOXIN (PCDDS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; WEATHERED PCDFS;

SEDIMENTS;

CHLORINE; CHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BACTERIUM; CHLOROPHENOL; DECHLORINATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FUNGICIDE; MESOCOSM; PCDF; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLOROFLEXI; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DEHALOCOCCOIDES MCCARTYI; ELECTRON; FINLAND; HALOGENATION; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

FINLAND; KYMIJOKI RIVER;

CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); DEHALOCOCCOIDES; TETRA;

EID: 84874248315     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.12.056     Document Type: Article

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