Interactions among buffelgrass, phenanthrene and phenanthrene-degrading bacteria in gnotobiotic microcosms

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1035-1041

  Robert, Françoise M ^a   Sun, Wenhao H ^a   Toma, Marisa ^a   Jones, Ryan K ^a   Tang, Chung Shih ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Buffelgrass; Contaminant; Microcosms; Phenanthrene; Phytoremediation; Phytotoxicity; Pollutant; Rhizosphere; Sphingomonas

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; FATTY ACIDS; GARNETS; HYDROCARBONS; MINERAL OILS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; NEON; PARAFFINS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SILICA; SILICA SAND; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOILS; SULFATE MINERALS;

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; ABIOTIC FACTORS; BACTERIAL POPULATIONS; BIOCHEMICAL TESTING; CARBON SOURCES; CELLULAR FATTY ACIDS; DEGRADING BACTERIA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEXADECANE (HD); LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES (LPS); PHENANTHRENE (PHE); PHENANTHRENE CONCENTRATION; PRISTANE; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

ANTHRACENE;

FATTY ACID; HEXADECANE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MINERAL OIL; PHENANTHRENE; RIBOSOME RNA; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON SOURCE; CENCHRUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GENE SEQUENCE; GNOTOBIOTICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; RHIZOSPHERE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEEDLING; SPHINGOMONAS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CENCHRUS; ECOSYSTEM; GERM-FREE LIFE; PHENANTHRENES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPHINGOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CENCHRUS CILIARIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PENNISETUM CILIARE; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 47349128704     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520802059938     Document Type: Article

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