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Molecular Characterization of Wetland Soil Bacterial Community in Constructed Mesocosms

Molecular Characterization of Wetland Soil Bacterial Community in Constructed Mesocosms

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BiologyEnvironmental StudiesGeneral Education

ISBN10: 1288344465
ISBN13: 9781288344468
Publisher: Biblioscholar
Published: Nov 26 2012
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.42 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The use of wetlands to effectively remediate aquifers contaminated with chlorinated solvents is an emerging technique, which shows high promise. In order to better understand this process and test its legitimacy, a treatment wetland was constructed at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio and, in a joint effort with Wright State University (WSU), has previously shown the effective removal of PCE. The purpose of this research was to characterize the soil bacterial community, pre-PCE injection, among three wetland plant species from the sedge family (Cyperaceae) within constructed wetland mesocosms and to identify any bacterial dominance. Carex comosa, Scirpus atrovirens, and Eleocharis erythropoda were planted in multiple columns (mesocosms) filled with inoculated soils; water flow was through a vertical up-flow design representative of a ground water-fed wetland.

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