A simple method to evaluate the concentration of pentachlorophenol degraders in contaminated soils

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 261-264

  Bécaert, Valérie ^a   Deschênes, Louise ^a   Samson, Réjean ^a  

^a Université Laval   (Canada)

Author keywords

MPN bacterial count; Pentachlorophenol; Pentachlorophenol degrader; pH

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; PENTACHLOROPHENOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0343920838     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00050-1     Document Type: Article

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