Ecotoxicological testing of soil by four bacterial biotests

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 223-235

  Horvath B ^a   Gruiz, K ^a   Sara B ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

contact biotests; multivariate analysis; soil samples; Toxicity screening

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMPOSITION; IMPURITIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SCREENING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TOXICITY; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTACT BIOTESTS; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL TESTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

SOIL TESTING;

AZOMONAS AGILIS; AZOTOBACTER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; PHOTOBACTERIUM PHOSPHOREUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0031040115     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772249709358412     Document Type: Article

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