Impact of heavy metals on enzymatic activity of substrate and on composting worms Eisenia fetida

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 97, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1498-1502

  Malley, Christopher ^a   Nair, Jaya ^a   Ho, Goen ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Copper; Dehydrogenase; Eisenia fetida; Protease; Soil enzymes; Vermicomposting; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; COPPER; ENZYMES; SOILS; SUBSTRATES; TISSUE; ZINC;

DEHYDROGENASE; EISENIA FETIDA; PROTEASE; SOIL ENZYMES; VERMICOMPOSTING;

ENZYME KINETICS;

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEINASE; ZINC;

COMPOSTING; COPPER; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYMES; SOILS; SUBSTRATES; TISSUE; ZINC;

ACCUMULATION; COPPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEAVY METAL; INVERTEBRATE; MESOCOSM; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MESOCOSM; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; VERMICOMPOST;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COPPER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; METALS, HEAVY; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ZINC;

EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 33646776445     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.06.012     Document Type: Article

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