Spatial and temporal dynamics of organohalide-respiring bacteria in a heterogeneous PCE-DNAPL source zone

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 182, Issue , 2015, Pages 78-90

  Cápiro, Natalie L ^a   Löffler, Frank E ^b,c,d   Pennell, Kurt D ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenhanced dissolution; Combined remedies; Dehalococcoides mccartyi; Geobacter lovleyi; Reductive dechlorination; Source zone heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; DECHLORINATION; DISSOLUTION; ETHYLENE; GENES; RNA; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STRAIN;

COMBINED REMEDIES; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; GEOBACTER; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; SOURCE ZONE;

LAKES;

1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; ETHYLENE; LACTIC ACID; POLYSORBATE 80; RNA 16S; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE; 1,2-DICHLOROETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DECHLORINATION; DISSOLUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DEHALOCOCCOIDES MCCARTYI; DENSE NON AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; GANGLION; GENE; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER LOVLEYI; LIQUID; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RDASE GENE; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROFLEXI; GENETICS; HALOGENATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES; GEOBACTER LOVLEYI;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLOROFLEXI; DICHLOROETHYLENES; ETHYLENES; GEOBACTER; GROUNDWATER; HALOGENATION; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84941108903     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2015.08.007     Document Type: Article

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