PCB removal, soil enzyme activities, and microbial community structures during the phytoremediation by alfalfa in field soils

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 649-656

  Tu, Chen ^a,b   Teng, Ying ^a,b   Luo, Yongming ^a,b   Sun, Xianghui ^a   Deng, Shaopo ^a   Li, Zhengao ^a   Liu, Wuxing ^a,b   Xu, Zhihong ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Enzyme activity; Microbial community structure; PCBs; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ALFALFA; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTROKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PCB; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 79956014798     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-011-0344-5     Document Type: Article

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