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Metabolites indicate hot spots of biodegradation and biogeochemical gradients in a high-resolution monitoring well.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 45, 474-481 (2011)
Anaerobic degradation processes play an important role in contaminated aquifers. To indicate active biodegradation processes signature metabolites can be used. In this study field samples from a high-resolution multilevel well in a tar oil-contaminated, anoxic aquifer were analyzed for metabolites by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and time-of-flight mass spectrometry. In addition to already known specific degradation products of toluene, xylenes, and naphthalenes, the seldom reported degradation products benzothiophenemethylsuccinic acid (BTMS), benzofuranmethylsuccinic acid (BFMS), methylnaphthyl-2-methylsuccinic acid (MNMS), and acenaphthene-5-carboxylic acid (AC) could be identified (BFMS, AC) and tentatively identified (BTMS, MNMS). The occurrence of BTMS and BFMS clearly show that the fumarate addition pathway, known for toluene and methylnaphthalene, is also important for the anaerobic degradation of heterocyclic contaminants in aquifers. The molar concentration ratios of metabolites and their related parent compounds differ over a wide range which shows that there is no simple and consistent quantitative relation. However, generally higher ratios were found for the more recalcitrant compounds, which are putatively cometabolically degraded (e.g., 2-carboxybenzothiophene and acenaphthene-5-carboxylic acid), indicating an accumulation of these metabolites. Vertical concentration profiles of benzylsuccinic acid (BS) and methyl-benzylsuccinic acid (MBS) showed distinct peaks at the fringes of the toluene and xylene plume indicating hot spots of biodegradation activity and supporting the plume fringe concept. However, there are some compounds which show a different vertical distribution with the most prominent concentrations where also the precursor compounds peaked.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
oil-contaminated aquifer; deep sandstone aquifer; in-situ; aromatic-hydrocarbons; anaerobic degradation; natural attenuation; phenolic-compounds; mass-spectrometry; redox conditions; toluene
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2011
Prepublished im Jahr
2010
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2010
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0013-936X
e-ISSN
1520-5851
Zeitschrift
Environmental Science & Technology
Quellenangaben
Band: 45,
Heft: 2,
Seiten: 474-481
Verlag
ACS
Verlagsort
Washington, DC
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Groundwater Ecology (IGOE)
POF Topic(s)
20403 - Sustainable Water Management
Forschungsfeld(er)
Environmental Sciences
PSP-Element(e)
G-504300-002
G-504300-004
G-504300-004
PubMed ID
2112166
Scopus ID
78651392390
Erfassungsdatum
2010-12-31