The role of microbial reductive dechlorination of TCE at a phytoremediation site
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Abstract
In April 1996, a phytoremediation field demonstration site at the Naval Air Station, Fort Worth, Texas, was developed to remediate shallow oxic ground water (<3.7 m deep) contaminated with chlorinated ethenes. Microbial populations were sampled in February and June 1998. The populations under the newly planted cottonwood trees had not yet matured to an anaerobic community that could dechlorinate trichloroethene (TCE) to cis-1,2-dichloroethene (DCE); however, the microbial population under a mature (∼22-year-old) cottonwood tree about 30 m southwest of the plantings had a mature anaerobic population capable of dechlorinating TCE to DCE, and DCE to vinyl chloride (VC). Oxygen-free sediment incubations with contaminated groundwater also demonstrated that resident microorganisms were capable of the dechlorination of TCE to DCE. This suggests that a sufficient amount of organic material is present for microbial dechlorination in aquifer microniches where dissolved O2 concentrations are low. Phenol, benzoic acid, acetic acid, and a cyclic hydrocarbon, compounds consistent with the degradation of root exudates and complex aromatic compounds, were identified by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) in sediment samples under the mature cottonwood tree. Elsewhere at the site, transpiration and degradation by the cottonwood trees appears to be responsible for loss of chlorinated ethenes.
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Publication type | Article |
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Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
Title | The role of microbial reductive dechlorination of TCE at a phytoremediation site |
Series title | International Journal of Phytoremediation |
DOI | 10.1080/16226510390856484 |
Volume | 5 |
Issue | 1 |
Year Published | 2003 |
Language | English |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Contributing office(s) | Toxic Substances Hydrology Program |
Description | 15 p. |
First page | 73 |
Last page | 87 |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
City | Fort Worth |
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