Microbial responses to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination in temporary river sediments: Experimental insights

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 541, Issue , 2016, Pages 1364-1371

  Zoppini, Annamaria ^a   Ademollo, Nicoletta ^a   Amalfitano, Stefano ^a   Capri, Silvio ^a   Casella, Patrizia ^a   Fazi, Stefano ^a   Marxsen, Juergen ^b,c   Patrolecco, Luisa ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microbial communities; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Temporary river sediments; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; CARBON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ISOMERS; MICROORGANISMS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

'DRY' [; COMMUNITY RESPIRATION; HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL RESPONSE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RESPIRATION RATE; RIVER SEDIMENTS; TEMPORARY RIVER SEDIMENT; WATERS RESOURCES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOPEPTIDASE; CARBON; NITROGEN; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; PAH; RESPIRATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOMER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TAXON; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84981202534     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.09.144     Document Type: Article

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