Mesocosm-scale evaluation of faunal and microbial communities of aerated and unaerated leachfield soil

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1160-1169

  Amador, José A ^a   Potts, David A ^b   Savin, Mary C ^c   Tomlinson, Peter ^c   Görres, Josef H ^a   Nicosia, Erika L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Geomatrix   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY OF LEACHFIELDS; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; UNAERATED SOIL;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRITION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; WASTEWATER;

SOILS;

DNA; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FAUNA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LEACHING; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SOIL ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; AGRICULTURE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FATTY ACIDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEMATODA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33746462809     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0395     Document Type: Article

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