Microbial community dynamics during acetate biostimulation of RDX-contaminated groundwater

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7672-7678

  Livermore, Joshua A ^a   Jin, Yang Oh ^a   Arnseth, Richard W ^b   Lepuil, Michael ^b   Mattes, Timothy E ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIOREMEDIATION; EXPLOSIVES; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; IN-SITU BIOREMEDIATION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; METABOLITE PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; RDX (HEXAHYDRO-1 ,3 ,5-TRINITRO-1 ,3 ,5-TRIAZINE); TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS;

MICROORGANISMS;

ACETIC ACID; CYCLONITE; FERRIC ION; GROUND WATER; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACETATE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; DEGRADATION; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA EXTRACTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PYROSEQUENCING; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACETATES; BACTERIA; GROUNDWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84880526754     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4012788     Document Type: Article

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