Biomineralisation of 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene in soils by an adapted microbial population

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 395-401

  Schroll, R ^a   Brahushi, F ^a   Dorfler U ^a   Kuhn S ^a   Fekete, J ^b   Munch, J C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

1,2,4 Trichlorobenzene; Adapted microorganisms; Mineralisation; Non extractable residues; Soil

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; MICROORGANISMS;

BIOMINERALIZATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

1,2,4 TRICHLOROBENZENE; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; CARBON 14; PHOSPHATE;

BENZENE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROORGANISM; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0345724877     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2003.08.012     Document Type: Article

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