Biodegradation of linear alkylbenzene sulfonates in sulfate-leached soil mesocosms

Chemosphere

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 929-937

  Elsgaard, Lars ^a   Pojana, Giulio ^b   Miraval, Tommaso ^b   Eriksen, Jorgen ^a   Marcomini, Antonio ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aromatic sulfonate; Arylsulfatase; Biointermediate; Desulfonation; LAS

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLYSIS; LEACHING; PHENOLS; SPECTROMETRY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

SOIL INCUBATION;

BIODEGRADATION;

ALKYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; ARYLSULFATASE; CARBON; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SULFATE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFUR;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIODEGRADATION; LEACHING; MESOCOSM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SULFONATE;

AGRICULTURE; AGRONOMIC TRAIT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRY WEIGHT; ENERGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; LEACHING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PH; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0346666831     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00698-7     Document Type: Article

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