Assessing the microbial activity of soil samples, its nutrient limitation and toxic effects of contaminants using a simple respiration test

Chemosphere

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-275

  Hollender, Juliane ^a   Althoff, Katrin ^a   Mundt, Matthias ^a   Dott, Wolfgang ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

BTEX; Nutrient limitation; PAHs; Respiration; Soil

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; MICROORGANISMS; OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CUMULATIVE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SOIL RESPIRATION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARBON SOURCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLUCOSE INTAKE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL KINETICS; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL RESPIRATION; TURNOVER TIME; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0142150299     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00556-3     Document Type: Article

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