Distribution of organohalide-respiring bacteria between solid and aqueous phases

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 10878-10887

  Cápiro, Natalie L ^a   Wang, Yonggang ^a   Hatt, Janet K ^b   Lebrón, Carmen A ^c   Pennell, Kurt D ^a   Löffler, Frank E ^d,e,f  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING SERVICE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e University of Tennessee   (United States)

^f OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CELLS; EFFLUENTS; ETHYLENE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POROUS MATERIALS; SUBSTRATES;

BACTERIAL CONSORTIUM; CHLORINATED SOLVENT; DEPOSITION BEHAVIOR; GROUNDWATER ANALYSIS; INTERACTION ENERGIES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

CYTOLOGY;

GROUND WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; HALOGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; AQUIFER; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BIOMONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HALIDE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANOHALOGEN; POROUS MEDIUM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTRATE;

ANAEROMYXOBACTER DEHALOGENANS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DEHALOCOCCOIDES MCCARTYI; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER LOVLEYI; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLID; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROFLEXI; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; METABOLISM; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANAEROMYXOBACTER DEHALOGENANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEHALOCOCCOIDES; GEOBACTER LOVLEYI;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHLOROFLEXI; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOBACTER; HALOGENATION; HALOGENS; HYDRODYNAMICS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84924795012     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es501320h     Document Type: Article

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