Bioremediation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene under field conditions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1378-1383

  Van Dillewijn, Pieter ^a   Caballero, Antonio ^c   Paz, José A ^a   González Pérez, M Mar ^a   Oliva, José M ^b   Ramos, Juan L ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b Unión Española de Explosivos S A   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; EXPLOSIVES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOAUGMENTATION; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PHYTOREMEDIATION;

SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; EXPLOSIVE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; EXPLOSIVES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; HYPERACCUMULATION; INOCULATION; LEGUME; MAIZE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; RHIZOSPHERE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIELD STUDY; HYDROPONICS; INOCULATION; MAIZE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; VICIA FABA;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRINITROTOLUENE; VICIA FABA; ZEA MAYS;

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; VICIA FABA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33847205407     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062165z     Document Type: Article

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