Microbiological polyphasic approach for soil health evaluation in an Italian polluted site

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4954-4964

  Fabiani, A ^a   Gamalero, E ^b   Castaldini, M ^a   Cossa, G P ^c   Musso, C ^b   Pagliai, M ^a   Berta, G ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Microflora; PCR DGGE; Soil health; Soil pollution

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SPECIES; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BIOINDICATORS; CHEMICAL DATA; CHEMICAL FACTORY; CULTURABLE BACTERIA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL SITES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MICROFLORA; PCR-DGGE; POLLUTED SITES; POLYPHASIC; SOIL HEALTH; STRUCTURAL ASPECTS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELATION; HEALTH; HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION DETECTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

LAND RECLAMATION;

HEAVY METAL;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOINDICATOR; DETECTION METHOD; FLORA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INORGANIC MATTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ITALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 67649289773     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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