Soil microbial parameters and luminescent bacteria assays as indicators for in situ bioremediation of TNT-contaminated soils

Chemosphere

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 415-427

  Frische, Tobias ^a   Höper, Heinrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Institute of Soil Technology   (Germany)

Author keywords

2,4,6 Trinitrotoluene; Bioassays; Bioremediation; Metabolic quotient; Microbial biomass; Vibrio fischeri

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; MONITORING;

WATER SOLUBLE SOIL TOXICANTS;

SOILS;

TRINITROTOLUENE;

BIOASSAY; BIOREMEDIATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL POLLUTION; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0037230906     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00603-3     Document Type: Article

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