Some observations on the copper tolerance of bacterial communities determined by the (3H)-thymidine incorporation method in heavy metal polluted humus

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 883-885

  Kiikkilä, Oili ^a   Pennanen, Taina ^a   Pietikäinen, Janna ^a   Hurme, Kaj Roger ^b   Fritze, Hannu ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Copper; Heavy metals; Microbial activity; Thymidine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COPPER; FILTER; FILTRATION; HUMUS; MINERAL WOOL; PH; POLLUTED SOIL; POLYESTER NET; STRESS TOLERANCE; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; SUSPENSION; THYMIDINE H 3;

BACTERIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; HUMUS; SOIL POLLUTION; TOLERANCE;

EID: 0034116426     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00217-5     Document Type: Article

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