The process for Isotope Analysis is as follows:
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Novorem selects suitable samples from your contaminated site.
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A version of the sample is incubated in the presence of a stable-isotope-labelled contamin
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It is then determined whether there are microbes present in the sample that can assimilate the pollutant.
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If successful, the microbes are then injected into the contaminated site.
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Spectrometry and equilibrium density centrifugation are used to detect stable isotopes in microbial biomarkers.
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The gathered data is used to identify the microbes which have dominated the assimilation of an isotope from a contaminant of concern.
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Novorem can also subcontract Compound Specific Isotope Analysis (CSIA) to investigate fractionation of natural isotope abundance. CSIA can be used to generate evidence of biodegradation for organochlorines or hydrocarbons.