A two-year field study with transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis maize: Effects on soil microorganisms

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 405, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 351-357

  Oliveira, Adília P ^a   Pampulha, Maria E ^a   Bennett, James P ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP content; Bt maize; Culturable soil microbiota; Dehydrogenase activity; Nitrogenase activity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; ENZYMES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AEROBIC BACTERIA; ATP CONTENT; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BT MAIZE; CULTURABLE SOIL MICROBIOTA; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD EXPERIMENTS; FIELD STUDIES; MICRO-BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL PARAMETERS; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; NITROGENASE ACTIVITY; RHIZOSPHERE SOILS; SAMPLING DATES; SEASONAL EFFECTS; SOIL MICRO ORGANISMS; TRANSGENIC; TRANSGENIC MAIZE;

SOILS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; CRY1AB TOXIN; NITROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; FUNGUS; MAIZE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TOXIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROFLORA; TRANSGENICS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; FUNGI; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; NITROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; ZEA MAYS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 52949103287     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.05.046     Document Type: Article

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