Plant-promoted pyrene degradation in soil

Chemosphere

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-10

  Liste, Hans Holger ^a   Alexander, Martin ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; PAHs; Phytoremediation; Pyrene; Rhyzosphere

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

BIOREMEDIATION; DEGRADATION; PLANT; PYRENE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SOIL; SOIL TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; PLANTS; PYRENES; SOIL;

EID: 0033989237     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00216-7     Document Type: Article

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