Exploiting the intrinsic microbial degradative potential for field-based in situ dechlorination of trichloroethene contaminated groundwater

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 300, Issue , 2015, Pages 48-57

  Adetutu, Eric M ^a   Gundry, Taylor D ^a   Patil, Sayali S ^a,b   Golneshin, Aida ^a   Adigun, Joy ^c   Bhaskarla, Vijay ^a   Aleer, Samuel ^a   Shahsavari, Esmaeil ^a   Ross, Elizabeth ^d   Ball, Andrew S ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GENEDX   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Groundwater; Metagenomics; Quantitative PCR; Trichloroethene

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DECHLORINATION; DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; MICROORGANISMS; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POLLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; MONITORED NATURAL ATTENUATION; NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING; QUANTITATIVE PCR;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE; BACTERIAL DNA; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECHLORINATION; GENOMICS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NATURAL ATTENUATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WELL STIMULATION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA SEQUENCE; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOBACTER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; WATER CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOBACTER;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GROUNDWATER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84934783061     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.06.055     Document Type: Article

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