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Dechlorinating and Iron Reducing Bacteria Distribution in a TCE‐Contaminated Aquifer
Author(s) -
Zaa Carmen Lourdes Yupanqui,
McLean Joan E.,
Dupont R. Ryan,
Norton Jeanette M.,
Sorensen Darwin L.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
groundwater monitoring and remediation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-6592
pISSN - 1069-3629
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2009.01268.x
Subject(s) - dehalococcoides , bioremediation , geobacter , aquifer , population , vinyl chloride , environmental chemistry , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , groundwater , biology , geology , genetics , demography , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry , biofilm , sociology , copolymer , polymer
Dehalorespiration bioremediation has been considered for chlorinated compound removal from two trichloroethene contaminated groundwater plumes in the OU 5 area of Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The distributions and population densities of the 16S rRNA genes of Bacteria, Dehalococcoides ethenogenes, Desulfuromonas michiganensis, Geobacter spp. and Rhodoferax ferrireducens ‐like bacteria, as well as the functional genes trichloroethene reductive dehalogenase ( tce A) and vinyl chloride reductase ( vcr A) were determined in contaminated aquifer material samples. The influence of aquifer physical and chemical properties, including iron availability, on these distributions was evaluated. Twenty aquifer cores were collected. DNA was extracted and analyzed using real‐time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT‐qPCR) to quantify the gene densities. Dehalococcoides population densities were low and unevenly distributed. D. michiganensis was found in 12 cores while Geobacter spp. were found in 8 cores. Rhodoferax ferrireducens ‐like bacteria were widely distributed. The vcr A gene distribution was relatively uniform and broad but the tce A gene was detectable in only 2 cores. Gene distribution was not related to core clusters derived from physical/chemical characteristics.