Journal article
Effect of hybrid poplar trees on microbial populations important to hazardous waste bioremediation
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol.16(6), pp.1318-1321
1997
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620160630
Abstract
Microbial concentrations of denitrifiers, pseudomonads, and monoaromatic petroleum hydrocarbon (BTX) degraders were significantly higher (p < 0.1) in soil samples from the rhizosphere of poplar trees than in adjacent agricultural soils, and atrazine degraders were found only in one rhizosphere sample. The relative abundance of these phenotypes (as a fraction of total heterotrophs) was not significantly different between rhizosphere and surrounding soils. Therefore, the poplar rhizosphere enhanced the growth of microbial populations that participate in natural bioremediation without exerting selective pressure for them.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Effect of hybrid poplar trees on microbial populations important to hazardous waste bioremediation
- Creators
- James L JordahlLesley FosterJerald L. Schnoor - University of IowaPedro J J Alvarez
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol.16(6), pp.1318-1321
- DOI
- 10.1002/etc.5620160630
- ISSN
- 0730-7268
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1997
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering; Occupational and Environmental Health
- Record Identifier
- 9983557378902771
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