Heavy metals and soil microbes

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2031-2037

  Giller, Ken E ^a   Witter, Ernst ^b   McGrath, Steve P ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Environmental regulations; Metal tolerance; Microbial diversity; Rhizobium

Indexed keywords

BASIC RESEARCH; BIOAVAILABILITY; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS; METAL TOLERANCE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NEW APPROACHES; RHIZOBIUM; SOIL BIODIVERSITY; SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS; SOIL MICROBES; SOIL ORGANISMS; SYMBIOTIC BACTERIA;

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HEAVY METALS; MICROBIOLOGY; RESEARCH; SOILS;

METALS;

ADAPTATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODIVERSITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEAVY METAL; KEYSTONE SPECIES; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOLERANCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 70249100957     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.04.026     Document Type: Article

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