Assessing degradation capability of aerobic indigenous microflora in PAH-contaminated brackish sediments

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 419-434

  Abbondanzi, Federica ^a   Campisi, Tiziana ^a   Focanti, Martina ^a   Guerra, Roberta ^b   Iacondini, Antonella ^a  

^a Via Ciro Menotti   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brackish sediments; Degradation; Microorganisms; Monitoring; Most probable number; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; MICROBIOLOGICAL COUNTS; MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE LAGOONS; WETLANDS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIODEGRADATION; LAGOON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PAH; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INCUBATION TIME; LAGOON; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROFLORA; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ITALY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 10444251730     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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