Distribution and composition of microbial populations in a landfill leachate contaminated aquifer (Grindsted, Denmark)

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-207

  Ludvigsen, L ^a   Albrechtsen, H J ^a   Ringelberg, D B ^b   Ekelund, F ^c   Christensen, T H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AQUIFER; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOMARKER; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; DENMARK; ESTER; FATTY ACID; IRON; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; SOIL POLLUTION; SULFATE;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATED LAND; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

DENMARK;

EID: 0032937874     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002489900143     Document Type: Article

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