Mixtures of environmental pollutants: Effects on microorganisms and their activities in soils

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 211, Issue , 2011, Pages 63-120

  Ramakrishnan, Balasubramanian ^a   Megharaj, Mallavarapu ^b   Venkateswarlu, Kadiyala ^c   Sethunathan, Nambrattil ^d,e   Naidu, Ravi ^b  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d CENTRAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^e NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 79952092881     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8011-3_3     Document Type: Article

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