A review on environmental isotope analysis of aquatic micropollutants: Recent advances, pitfalls and perspectives

M Blessing, N Baran - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
An increasing amount of organic micropollutants (OMPs) are detected in aquatic
environments and occur in water supplies worldwide. OMPs pose a severe threat to …

Perspectives of compound-specific isotope analysis of organic contaminants for assessing environmental fate and managing chemical pollution

TB Hofstetter, R Bakkour, D Buchner, H Eisenmann… - Nature Water, 2024 - nature.com
The management and mitigation of chemical pollution are key elements of sustainable
development initiatives that aim to provide safe and clean water. While environmental …

Triple-element compound-specific stable isotope analysis (3D-CSIA): added value of Cl isotope ratios to assess herbicide degradation

C Torrentó, V Ponsin, C Lihl, TB Hofstetter… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Multielement isotope fractionation studies to assess pollutant transformation are well-
established for point-source pollution but are only emerging for diffuse pollution by …

Soil from a hexachlorocyclohexane contaminated field site inoculates wheat in a pot experiment to facilitate the microbial transformation of β-hexachlorocyclohexane …

X Liu, W Li, S Kummel, I Merbach, U Sood… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
β-Hexachlorocyclohexane (β-HCH) is a remnant from former HCH pesticide production. Its
removal from the environment gained attention in the last few years since it is the most …

Uptake and transformation of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers (HCHs) in tree growth rings at a contaminated field site

X Liu, S Kümmel, S Trapp… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The potential transformation of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers (HCHs) within tree trunks
could have a significant impact on the use of phytoscreening. However, the transformation …

Organohalide respiratory chains: composition, topology and key enzymes

T Schubert, L Adrian, RG Sawers… - FEMS microbiology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The utilization of halogenated organic compounds as terminal electron acceptors separates
the phylogenetically diverse organohalide-respiring bacteria from other respiratory …

Solid-phase extraction method for stable isotope analysis of pesticides from large volume environmental water samples

C Torrentó, R Bakkour, G Glauser, A Melsbach… - Analyst, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) is a valuable tool for assessing the fate of
organic pollutants in the environment. However, the requirement of sufficient analyte mass …

Characterizing the biotransformation of hexachlorocyclohexanes in wheat using compound-specific stable isotope analysis and enantiomer fraction analysis

X Liu, L Wu, S Kümmel, HH Richnow - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Hexachlorocyclohexane isomers (HCHs) are persistent organic pollutants being responsible
for environmental contamination worldwide. In order to characterize transformation of HCHs …

Multi-element (C, H, Cl, Br) stable isotope fractionation as a tool to investigate transformation processes for halogenated hydrocarbons

AS Ojeda, E Phillips, BS Lollar - Environmental Science: Processes & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) is a powerful tool to evaluate transformation
processes of halogenated compounds. Many halogenated hydrocarbons allow for multiple …

Characterization of hexachlorocyclohexane isomer dehydrochlorination by LinA1 and LinA2 using multi-element compound-specific stable isotope analysis

Y Liu, J Fu, L Wu, S Kümmel, I Nijenhuis… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Dehydrochlorination is one of the main (thus far discovered) processes for aerobic microbial
transformation of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) which is mainly catalyzed by LinA …