Impact of heavy metals on the degradative capabilities of soil bacterial communities

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 154-156

  Burkhardt, C ^a   Insam, H ^a   Hutchinson, T C ^b   Reber, H H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aromatic substrates; Heavy metals; Loss of degradative capabilities; Soil bacterial communities

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; SOIL; ZINC;

CANADA; GERMANY;

EID: 0027881140     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: 14320789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00369419     Document Type: Article

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