In situ microbial ecology for quantitative appraisal, monitoring, and risk assessment of pollution remediation in soils, the subsurface, the rhizosphere and in biofilms

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-105

  White, David C ^a,b   Flemming, Cecily A ^a   Leung, Kam T ^a   MacNaughton, Sarah J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Microbial Insights Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbial ecology; Natural attenuation; Risk assessment; Signature biomarker analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SOIL TREATMENT; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031832596     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(98)00017-7     Document Type: Article

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