Evaluating a bioremediation tool for atrazine contaminated soils in open soil microcosms: The effectiveness of bioaugmentation and biostimulation approaches

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-192

  Lima, D ^a   Viana, P ^c   Andre S ^c   Chelinho, S ^b   Costa, C ^a   Ribeiro, R ^b   Sousa, J P ^b   Fialho, A M ^a   Viegas, C A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c APA Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atrazine removal; Bioremediation; Open soil microcosms; Pseudomonas sp. ADP; Repeated inoculations; Scale

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DEWATERING; HERBICIDES; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MICROBIOLOGY; POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ATRAZINE REMOVAL; OPEN SOIL MICROCOSMS; PSEUDOMONAS SP. ADP; REPEATED INOCULATIONS; SCALE;

SOILS;

ATRAZINE; CHLORINE; CITRIC ACID;

ATRAZINE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CITRIC ACID; INOCULATION; MICROCOSM; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROCOSM; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION;

ATRAZINE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ECOSYSTEM; HERBICIDES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

PSEUDOMONAS SP. ADP;

EID: 56549123571     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.09.083     Document Type: Article

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