BioReD: Biomarkers and Tools for Reductive Dechlorination Site Assessment, Monitoring and Management
Abstract
Reductive dechlorination plays a major role in the transformation and detoxification of chloroorganic pollutants, including chlorinated ethenes, and the application of molecular biological tools (MBTs) has already impacted site assessment and bioremediation monitoring at many DoD sites. Unfortunately, limitations in current tools provide an incomplete picture of the reductively dechlorinating bacterial community, thus limiting the value of the analysis. To overcome the current limitations and more accurately assess, predict, monitor and manage reductive dechlorination processes at contaminated DoD sites, this research effort identified novel reductive dechlorination biomarker genes and developed MBTs and approaches that improve our understanding of target gene presence, abundance, and expression, and thus, contaminant detoxification.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA602376
Entities
People
- Ben Amos
- Carmen A. Lebron
- Elizabeth A. Edwards
- Frank E. Loeffler
- Jun Yan
- Kristi M. Ritalahti
- Natuschka Lee
Organizations
- Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command