Biological activity in a heavily organohalogen-contaminated river sediment

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 3-10

  Bunge, Michael ^a,e   Kähkönen, Mika A ^b   Rämisch, Winfried ^a   Opel, Matthias ^c   Vogler, Susanne ^a   Walkow, Fred ^d   Salkinoja Salonen, Mirja ^b   Lechner, Ute ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c GfA Gesellschaft für Arbeitsplatz und Umweltanalytik mbH   (Germany)

^d Amt für Umweltschutz ^*  (Germany)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bitterfeld; Chlorobenzene; Desulfitobacterium; Extracellular enzyme; Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); PCDD F; River sediment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOACTIVITY; BIODEGRADATION; CHLOROBENZENE; DIBENZOFURAN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOOD; HEAVY METAL; NATURAL ATTENUATION; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCDD; PCDF; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

BITTERFELD WOLFEN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SAXONY-ANHALT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DESULFITOBACTERIUM DEHALOGENANS; SULFUROSPIRILLUM; TETRA;

EID: 34248399627     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2006.10.356     Document Type: Article

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