Intrinsic potential for immediate biodegradation of toluene in a pristine, energy-limited aquifer

Biodegradation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 325-336

  Herzyk, Agnieszka ^a   Maloszewski, Piotr ^a   Qiu, Shiran ^a   Elsner, Martin ^a   Griebler, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CSIA; Groundwater ecosystem; Natural attenuation; Resilience; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPURITIES; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; NATURAL ATTENUATION; RATE CONSTANTS; TOLUENE;

AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; CSIA; FIRST-ORDER DEGRADATION RATES; MICROBIAL BIODEGRADATION; PRIORITY CONTAMINANTS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELLING; RESILIENCE; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NATURAL ATTENUATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; TOLUENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CARBON; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; GROUND WATER; TOLUENE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; HALF LIFE TIME; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; HALF-LIFE; KINETICS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; TOLUENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84899429565     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-013-9663-0     Document Type: Article

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