Microbial activity and community diversity in a variable charge soil as affected by cadmium exposure levels and time

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 250-260

  Shentu, Jia Li ^a   He, Zhen Li ^a,b   Yang, Xiao E ^a   Li, Ting Qiang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium (Cd); Microbial activity; Microbial community; Soil

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EXPOSURE; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL RESPIRATION;

BIOMASS; CADMIUM; CARBON; FATTY ACIDS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 41349103236     PISSN: 16731581     EISSN: 18621783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B0710630     Document Type: Article

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