Comparative toxicity of nanoparticulate CuO and ZnO to soil bacterial communities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Rousk, Johannes ^a,b   Ackermann, Kathrin ^a   Curling, Simon F ^a   Jones, Davey L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDE; COPPER SULFATE; NANOPARTICLE; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFATE; COPPER; CUPRIC OXIDE; ION; STAINLESS STEEL;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COMPARATIVE TOXICOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; ECOTOXICITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL PH; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STAINLESS STEEL; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84859018184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034197     Document Type: Article

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