Culture-based and culture-independent assessment of the impact of mixed and single plant treatments on rhizosphere microbial communities in hydrocarbon contaminated flare-pit soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2823-2833

  Phillips, Lori A ^a   Greer, Charles W ^b   Germida, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Flare pit soil; Microbial community analysis; Petroleum hydrocarbon contamination; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROCARBONS; SOILS;

DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FLARE-PIT SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION; PHYTOREMEDIATION;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ALFALFA; BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTROKINESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRAIRIE; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL ECOSYSTEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; FESTUCA RUBRA; LOLIUM PERENNE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 34250803429     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.04.038     Document Type: Article

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