Worldwide occurrence and origin of perchlorate ion in waters: A review

F Cao, J Jaunat, N Sturchio, B Cancès… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Perchlorate (ClO 4−) is a persistent water soluble oxyanion of growing
environmental interest. Perchlorate contamination can be a health concern due to its ability …

Environmental occurrence, toxicity and remediation of perchlorate–A review

KS Kumar, S Kavitha, K Parameswari, A Sakunthala… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Perchlorate (ClO 4−) comes under the class of contaminants called the emerging
contaminants that will impact environment in the near future. A strong oxidizer by nature …

Groundwater nitrate contamination in an area using urban wastewaters for agricultural irrigation under arid climate condition, southeast of Tehran, Iran

Z Nejatijahromi, HR Nassery, T Hosono… - Agricultural Water …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nitrate contamination of groundwater has been identified as a major environmental problem
of the last few decades. In this study, stable isotope ratios (δ 15 N-NO 3−, δ 18 O-NO 3−, δ …

Exploring the potential of electrospray-orbitrap for stable isotope analysis using nitrate as a model

A Hilkert, JK Bohlke, SJ Mroczkowski, KL Fort… - Analytical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Widely used isotope ratio mass spectrometers have limited capabilities to measure
metabolites, drugs, or small polyatomic ions without the loss of structural isotopic …

Exploring the boundaries of microbial habitability in soil

NB Dragone, MA Diaz, ID Hogg… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Microbes are widely assumed to be capable of colonizing even the most challenging
terrestrial surface environments on Earth given enough time. We would not expect to find …

Origin of nitrate and sulfate sources in volcano-sedimentary aquifers of the East Africa Rift System: An example of the Ali-Sabieh groundwater (Republic of Djibouti)

MO Awaleh, T Boschetti, AE Adaneh… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Within the East African Rift System (EARS), the complex Ali-Sabieh aquifers system,
located in the south of the Republic of Djibouti, was overexploited and subjected to …

Global diversity of desert hypolithic cyanobacteria

DC Lacap-Bugler, KK Lee, S Archer… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Global patterns in diversity were estimated for cyanobacteria-dominated hypolithic
communities that colonize ventral surfaces of quartz stones and are common in desert …

Chlorate as a potential oxidant on Mars: Rates and products of dissolved Fe (II) oxidation

K Mitra, JG Catalano - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Oxychlorine species are globally widespread across the Martian surface. Despite their
ubiquitous presence, the ability of oxychlorine species to serve as oxidants on Mars has …

Perchlorate reductase is distinguished by active site aromatic gate residues

MD Youngblut, CL Tsai, IC Clark, HK Carlson… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
Perchlorate is an important ion on both Earth and Mars. Perchlorate reductase (PcrAB), a
specialized member of the dimethylsulfoxide reductase superfamily, catalyzes the first step …

Chlorine isotope geochemistry

JD Barnes, ZD Sharp - Reviews in Mineralogy and …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Chlorine played a prominent role in the discovery of isotopes. The famous Cavendish
Laboratory scientists were fascinated with the atomic mass of Cl. Most elements have a …