An evaluation of the impact of multiwalled carbon nanotubes on soil microbial community structure and functioning

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 261, Issue , 2013, Pages 188-197

  Shrestha, Babina ^a   Acosta Martinez, Veronica ^b   Cox, Stephen B ^d   Green, Micah J ^c   Li, Shibin ^e   Cañas Carrell, Jaclyn E ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Texas Tech University   (United States)

^d Research and Testing Laboratory   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

MWNTs; Nanomaterials; Pyrosequencing; Risk assessment; Soil microbial community

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MWNTS; PYROSEQUENCING; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITIONS; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE;

MICROORGANISMS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SOILS;

CARBON; FATTY ACID ESTER; METAL; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANDY LOAM; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; CELLULOMONAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; PYROSEQUENCING; RHODOCOCCUS; SANDY LOAM; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL RESPIRATION;

MWNTS; NANOMATERIALS; PYROSEQUENCING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIA; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGI; HEXOSAMINIDASES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84881252003     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.07.031     Document Type: Article

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