Influence of earthworm activity on microbial communities related with the degradation of persistent pollutants

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 794-803

  Natal da Luz, Tiago ^a   Lee, Iwa ^b   Verweij, Rudo A ^c   Morais, Paula V ^a,d   Van Velzen, Martin J M ^c   Sousa, José Paulo ^a   Van Gestel, Cornelis A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Biolog Ecoplate; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Eisenia andrei; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BENZO [A] PYRENE; BIOLOG ECOPLATE; CARBON SUBSTRATES; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); DREDGE SEDIMENTS; EISENIA ANDREI; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MICROCOSM EXPERIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; SOIL AND SEDIMENT; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; UNCONTAMINATED SOILS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIODEGRADATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXPERIMENTS; MICROORGANISMS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIODEGRADATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EARTHWORM; ELECTROKINESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PAH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; EARTHWORM; EISENIA ANDREI; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

ANIMALS; BENZOPYRENES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OLIGOCHAETA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EISENIA ANDREI;

EID: 84858620259     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1738     Document Type: Article

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