Short term exposure to elevated trinitrotoluene concentrations induced structural and functional changes in the soil bacterial community

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 432-439

  Travis, Emma R ^a   Bruce, Neil C ^b   Rosser, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community structure; DGGE; Pollution; Pseudomonads; TNT

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOACTIVITY; IMPURITIES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; TOLUENE;

COMMUNITY LEVEL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILING (CLPP); COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; PSEUDOMONADS; SOIL MICROCOSMS; TRINITROTOLUENE;

SOIL MECHANICS;

TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPLOSIVE; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; TRINITROTOLUENE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRINITROTOLUENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 41949106596     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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