A feasibility study on the bioremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soil from an Alpine former military site: Effects of temperature and biostimulation

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 96, Issue , 2013, Pages 122-128

  Mair, J ^a   Schinner, F ^a   Margesin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine; Bacteria; Fertilization; Fungi; Hydrocarbons; Soil

Indexed keywords

ALPINE; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; FERTILIZATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGI; HYDROCARBONS; MICROBIOLOGY; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLANNING; SOILS; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FATTY ACID; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FUNGUS; HYDROCARBON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84887168673     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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