Bioremediation of municipal sludge by vermitechnology and toxicity assessment by Allium cepa

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 96, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1867-1871

  Srivastava, Richa ^a   Kumar, Dinesh ^b   Gupta, S K ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Chromosomal abnormalities; Eisenia foetida; Metals; Municipal sludge leachate; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COMPOSTING; HEAVY METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEWAGE SLUDGE; TOXICITY;

MITOTIC INDEX; MUNICIPAL SLUDGE (MS); VERMICOMPOSTED SLUDGE (VS); VERMITECHNOLOGY;

BIOREMEDIATION;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL;

BIOREMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE INDUCTION; GENOTOXICITY; LANDFILL; LEACHING; MICRONUCLEUS; MITOSIS INDEX; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MORPHOLOGY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; ONION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE; VERMICOMPOST;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; OLIGOCHAETA; ONIONS; PLANT ROOTS; SEWAGE;

CHLOROPHYLLS; COMPOST; HEAVY METALS; PLANTS; ROOTS; SLUDGE; TOXICITY;

ALLIUM CEPA; EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 23444446541     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.01.029     Document Type: Article

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