Dispersing pollutant-degrading bacteria in contaminated soil without touching it

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 252-260

  Harms, Hauke ^a   Wick, L Y ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; MICROORGANISMS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

CATABOLIC ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT-DEGRADING BACTERIA; SOIL-BOUND CONTAMINANTS;

BIOREMEDIATION;

2 METHYLBENZOIC ACID; 3 CHLOROBENZOIC ACID; 3 METHYLBENZOIC ACID; 4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; 4 CHLOROBENZOIC ACID; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; 4 METHYLBENZOIC ACID; 4 NITROCATECHOL; 4 NITROPHENOL; ANTHRACENE; ANTHRANILIC ACID; BENZENE; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BIPHENYL; ETHYLBENZENE; HEXADECANE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; PYRENE; SALICYLIC ACID; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; MICROORGANISMS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTAMINATED LAND; POLLUTANT; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTURBATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CHEMOTAXIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MYCELIUM; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS ALCALIGENES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; RALSTONIA; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEDIMENT; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33746093311     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200620122     Document Type: Review

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