Isotope fractionation associated with the biodegradation of 2- and 4-nitrophenols via monooxygenation pathways

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 14185-14193

  Wijker, Reto S ^a,b   Kurt, Zohre ^c   Spain, Jim C ^c   Bolotin, Jakov ^a   Zeyer, Josef ^b   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

AROMATIC POLLUTANTS; COMETABOLIC TRANSFORMATION; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; KINETIC ISOTOPE EFFECTS; NITROAROMATIC COMPOUND; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; PHENOLS;

ISOTOPES;

4 NITROPHENOL; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; BENZOQUINONE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; REACTION KINETICS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRANSFORMATION;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LYSINIBACILLUS SPHAERICUS; OXYGENATION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

ARTHROBACTER; BACILLUS; BENZOQUINONES; BIOCATALYSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; KINETICS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROPHENOLS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 84890723491     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403876u     Document Type: Article

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