Using compound-specific isotope analysis to assess biodegradation of nitroaromatic explosives in the subsurface

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 6872-6883

  Wijker, Reto S ^a,b   Bolotin, Jakov ^a   Nishino, Shirley F ^c   Spain, Jim C ^c   Hofstetter, Thomas B ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ,4 ,6-TRINITROTOLUENE; BIODEGRADATION PATHWAYS; COMETABOLIC TRANSFORMATION; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; IN-LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; NITROAROMATIC COMPOUND; NITROAROMATIC EXPLOSIVES; SUB-SURFACE MATERIALS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; EXPLOSIVES; ISOMERS; ISOTOPES; METADATA; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIODEGRADATION;

2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; CARBON; EXPLOSIVE; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODEGRADATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MATRIX; OXIDATION; OXYGENATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; OXIDATION;

BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CARBON ISOTOPES; DEUTERIUM; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84880129665     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3051845     Document Type: Article

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