The Allium cepa bioassay to evaluate landfarming soil, before and after the addition of rice hulls to accelerate organic pollutants biodegradation

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1363-1368

  Souza, T S ^a   Hencklein, F A ^a   Angelis, D F ^a   Goncalves R A ^b   Fontanetti, C S ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Paulínia Oil Refinery ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Genotoxicity tests; Oil refinery; Petroleum sludge

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENOTOXICITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FARMING SYSTEM; MICRONUCLEUS; MITOSIS; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; ONION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PLANT GENETICS; RICE; SOIL POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERISTEM; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MITOSIS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; ONIONS; ORYZA SATIVA; PETROLEUM; SEEDS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 67349287497     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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