Proposal of biostimulation for hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)-decontamination and characterization of culturable bacterial community from high-dose point HCH-contaminated soils

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 381-392

  Dadhwal, M ^a   Singh, A ^a   Prakash, O ^a   Gupta, S K ^a   Kumari, K ^a   Sharma, P ^a   Jit, S ^a   Verma, M ^a   Holliger, C ^b   Lal, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biostimulation; Hexachlorocyclohexane; Sphingomonads

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; DECONTAMINATION; MOISTURE; NUTRIENTS; SOIL POLLUTION;

%MOISTURE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BIOSTIMULATION; CONTAMINATED SITES; CONTAMINATED SOILS; CULTURABLE; DEGRADING BACTERIA; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; HIGH DOSE; SPHINGOMONADS;

SOILS;

HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE;

AERATION; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HCH; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION;

AERATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SOIL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DUMPING; INDIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 58549090926     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03982.x     Document Type: Article

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