Effects of petroleum contamination on soil microbial numbers, metabolic activity and urease activity

Chemosphere

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1273-1280

  Guo, Huan ^a   Yao, Jun ^a,b   Cai, Minmin ^a,c   Qian, Yiguang ^b   Guo, Yue ^a   Richnow, Hans H ^c   Blake, Ruth E ^d   Doni, Serena ^e   Ceccanti, Brunello ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microbial population; Microcalorimetry; Soil microbial activity; Total petroleum hydrocarbons; Urease activity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; CALORIMETERS; FUNGI; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBONS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL SPILLS; RATE CONSTANTS; SOIL CONDITIONERS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; WATER WELLS;

MICRO-CALORIMETRY; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; SOIL MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; UREASE ACTIVITY;

SOIL POLLUTION;

PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; UREASE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREMEDIATION; CALORIMETRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OIL SPILL; OIL WELL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL RESPIRATION;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROCALORIMETRY; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; SOIL POLLUTION;

FUNGI;

EID: 84859484561     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.01.034     Document Type: Article

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