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Title: Effects of polychlorinated biphenyl congener concentration and sediment supplementation on rates of methanogenesis and 2,3,6-trichlorobiphenyl dechlorination in an anaerobic enrichment

Abstract

The release of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) into the environment has caused public concern. PCBs are know known to be susceptible to biodegradation; PCBs in the Hudson river have been shown to be extensively dechlorinated, but the rate of dechlorination in anaerobic environments have been slow, over months or years. This study tested the effects of PCB concentration and sediment supplementation with 2,3,6-trichlorobiphenol, on the rate of PCB dechlorination and methanogenesis. The rates of meta dechlorination in sediment supplemented cultures were measured in the laboratory, including both the rate per bacterial cell and the rate of methanogenesis when dechlorination increases. 24 refs., 3 figs., 1 tab.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Celgene Corp., Warren, NJ (United States)
  2. Medical Univ. of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (United States)
  3. Princeton Research Center, Lawrenceville, NJ (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5815626
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied and Environmental Microbiology; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 59:9; Journal ID: ISSN 0099-2240
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; HUDSON RIVER; SEDIMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; DECHLORINATION; POLLUTANTS; AROMATICS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMISTRY; CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; DECOMPOSITION; DEHALOGENATION; HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; STREAMS; SURFACE WATERS; 540300* - Environment, Aquatic- (1990-)

Citation Formats

Boyle, A W, May, H D, Blake, C K, and Price, W A. Effects of polychlorinated biphenyl congener concentration and sediment supplementation on rates of methanogenesis and 2,3,6-trichlorobiphenyl dechlorination in an anaerobic enrichment. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
Boyle, A W, May, H D, Blake, C K, & Price, W A. Effects of polychlorinated biphenyl congener concentration and sediment supplementation on rates of methanogenesis and 2,3,6-trichlorobiphenyl dechlorination in an anaerobic enrichment. United States.
Boyle, A W, May, H D, Blake, C K, and Price, W A. 1993. "Effects of polychlorinated biphenyl congener concentration and sediment supplementation on rates of methanogenesis and 2,3,6-trichlorobiphenyl dechlorination in an anaerobic enrichment". United States.
@article{osti_5815626,
title = {Effects of polychlorinated biphenyl congener concentration and sediment supplementation on rates of methanogenesis and 2,3,6-trichlorobiphenyl dechlorination in an anaerobic enrichment},
author = {Boyle, A W and May, H D and Blake, C K and Price, W A},
abstractNote = {The release of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) into the environment has caused public concern. PCBs are know known to be susceptible to biodegradation; PCBs in the Hudson river have been shown to be extensively dechlorinated, but the rate of dechlorination in anaerobic environments have been slow, over months or years. This study tested the effects of PCB concentration and sediment supplementation with 2,3,6-trichlorobiphenol, on the rate of PCB dechlorination and methanogenesis. The rates of meta dechlorination in sediment supplemented cultures were measured in the laboratory, including both the rate per bacterial cell and the rate of methanogenesis when dechlorination increases. 24 refs., 3 figs., 1 tab.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5815626}, journal = {Applied and Environmental Microbiology; (United States)},
issn = {0099-2240},
number = ,
volume = 59:9,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993},
month = {Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993}
}