2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene mineralization and bacterial production rates of natural microbial assemblages from coastal sediments

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3673-3680

  Montgomery, Michael T ^a   Coffin, Richard B ^a   Boyd, Thomas J ^a   Smith, Joseph P ^a   Walker, Shelby E ^a,c   Osburn, Christopher L ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biodegradation; Mineralization; Sediment; TNT

Indexed keywords

2 ,4 ,6-TRINITROTOLUENE; BACTERIAL BIOMASS; BACTERIAL ISOLATES; BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; COASTAL WATERS; COMMON FEATURES; MICROBIAL ASSEMBLAGE; MINERALIZATION; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NATURAL SEDIMENTS; RING CARBONS; TNT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; MINERALOGY; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SURVEYS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

TRINITROTOLUENE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CATABOLISM; COASTAL SEDIMENT; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALIZATION; TRINITROTOLUENE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY CARBON SOURCE; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SEAWATER; TRINITROTOLUENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 81155159790     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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