Poplar clones of different sizes, grown on a heavy metal polluted site, are associated with microbial populations of varying composition

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 425, Issue , 2012, Pages 262-270

  Gamalero, Elisa ^a   Cesaro, Patrizia ^a   Cicatelli, Angela ^b   Todeschini, Valeria ^a   Musso, Chiara ^a   Castiglione, Stefano ^b   Fabiani, Arturo ^c   Lingua, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Culturable bacteria; DGGE; Heavy metals; Phytoremediation; Poplar; Soil

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAINS; BULK SOILS; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; CULTURABLE; CULTURABLE BACTERIA; DGGE; DIFFERENT SIZES; FIELD TRIAL; FLAVOBACTERIUM; HEAVY METAL POLLUTED SOILS; ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION; METAL UPTAKE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MOLECULAR TOOLS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT SIZE; POLLUTED SITES; POPLAR; SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS; SOIL MICROBIAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH; VARIOVORAX PARADOXUS;

BIOREMEDIATION; CLONING; ECOLOGY; HEAVY METALS; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

BACTERIA;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; COPPER; UREASE; ZINC;

GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEAVY METAL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM SOLDANELLICOLA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; FIELD STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; VARIOVORAX PARADOXUS;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT ROOTS; POPULUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSEOBACTERIUM SOLDANELLICOLA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; POPULUS; VARIOVORAX PARADOXUS;

EID: 84860015230     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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