Effects of Cd and Pb on soil microbial community structure and activities

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 288-296

  Khan, Sardar ^a,b   Hesham, Abd El Latif ^c   Qiao, Min ^b   Rehman, Shafiqur ^a   He, Ji Zheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

DGGE; Enzymatic activity; Heavy metals; Microbial biomass carbon; Microbial community

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTROKINESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEAD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; CADMIUM; LEAD; RNA 16S; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CADMIUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; LEAD; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UREASE;

EID: 77649170316     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0134-4     Document Type: Article

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