Microbial biomass and activity in lead-contaminated soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2256-2259

  Konopka, A ^a   Zakharova, T ^a,c   Bischoff, M ^b   Oliver, L ^b   Nakatsu, C ^b   Turco, R F ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; LEAD; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032924952     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.5.2256-2259.1999     Document Type: Article

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