ETBE (ethyl tert butyl ether) and TAME (tert amyl methyl ether) affect microbial community structure and function in soils

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 187, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 488-494

  Bartling, Johanna ^a   Esperschütz, Jürgen ^b   Wilke, Berndt Michael ^a   Schloter, Michael ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicity; Functional redundancy; Gasoline additives; Oxygenates; PLFA; Soil ecology

Indexed keywords

ECOTOXICITY; FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY; GASOLINE ADDITIVES; OXYGENATES; PLFA; SOIL ECOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; ETHERS; FATTY ACIDS; GASOLINE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REDUNDANCY;

SOILS;

ETHER DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; TERT AMYL METHYL ETHER; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXHAUST EMISSION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SUBSTRATE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; SUBSTRATE INDUCED RESPIRATION; VOLATILIZATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ETHYL ETHERS; METHYL ETHERS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79951854690     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.01.058     Document Type: Article

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