Differential responses of eubacterial, mycobacterium, and Sphingomonas communities in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-contaminated soil to artificially induced changes in PAH profile

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1403-1411

  Uyttebroek, Maarten ^a   Spoden, Astrid ^a   Ortega Calvo, Jose Julio ^b   Wouters, Katinka ^a   Wattiau, Pierre ^c   Bastiaens, Leen ^d   Springael, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^c VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^d FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; IMPURITIES; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOILS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; PYRENE DEGRADERS; SPHINGOMONAS COMMUNITIES;

BACTERIA;

PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BIOAVAILABILITY; EUBACTERIUM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPHINGOMONAS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHENANTHRENES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPHINGOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 34548715351     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0471     Document Type: Article

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