Biomass carbon measurements and substrate utilization patterns of microbial populations from soils amended with cadmium, copper, or zinc

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-43

  Knight, Bruce P ^a   McGrath, Steve P ^a   Chaudri, Amar M ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CARBON; COPPER; ZINC;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION CONTROL; PH; SLUDGE; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0031027067     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.1.39-43.1997     Document Type: Article

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