Influence of mass burial of animal carcasses on the types and quantities of microorganisms within a burial site

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2195-2212

  Pratt, D L ^a   Dumonceaux, T J ^b   Links, M G ^b   Fonstad, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contamination; Cpn60; Groundwater; Livestock burial; Microbial transport; Microorganisms.

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ANAEROBIC MICROORGANISMS; ANIMAL CARCASS; BURIAL DEPTHS; BURIAL SITES; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTROL MEASURES; CPN60; LIVESTOCK BURIAL; METAL REDUCTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR ASSAYS; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHOSPHATE ACCUMULATION; PORE WATERS; PYROSEQUENCING; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SITE EVALUATION;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; CORE SAMPLES; DISEASE CONTROL; GENES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN FIXATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

SITE SELECTION;

ABUNDANCE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DEER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVESTOCK; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAXONOMY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84872558646     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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