Oxidative biodegradation of tetrachloroethene in needles of Norway spruce (Picea abies L.)

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-96

  Weissflog, Ludwig ^a   Krüger, Gert H J ^b   Forczek, Sándor T ^c   Lange, Christian A ^a   Kotte, Karsten ^a   Pfennigsdorff, Andrea ^a   Rohlenová, Jana ^c   Fuksová, Květoslava ^d   Uhlířová, Hana ^e   Matucha, Miroslav ^c   Schröder, Peter ^f  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e FORESTRY AND GAME MANAGEMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^f INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Chloroplasts; Drought stress; Norway spruce; Tetrachloroethene; Trichloroacetic acid

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLOROPLAST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEAF; OXIDATION; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33845495643     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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