Changes in lead availability affect bacterial community structure but not basal respiration in a microcosm study with forest soils

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 371, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 110-124

  Lazzaro, A ^a   Schulin, R ^b   Widmer, F ^c   Frey, B ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Lead; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ECOSYSTEMS; LEAD; PH EFFECTS; SAMPLING; SOILS; TOXICITY;

BIOAVAILABILITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); MICROCOSM; RESPIRATION;

BACTERIA;

DNA 16S; LEAD; LEAD NITRATE;

BACTERIUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FOREST SOIL; LEAD; MICROCOSM; RESILIENCE; RESPIRATION; SOIL BIOTA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; EXTRACTION; FOREST SOIL; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEXTURE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; LEAD; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; OXYGEN; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33751053829     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.08.033     Document Type: Article

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