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Soil microbial community responses to additions of organic carbon substrates and heavy metals (Pb and Cr).
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 2005
Nakatsu Cindy H, Carmosini Nadia, Baldwin Brett, Beasley Federico, Kourtev Peter, Konopka Allan
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Microcosm experiments were conducted with soils contaminated with heavy metals (Pb and Cr) and aromatic hydrocarbons to determine the effects of each upon microbial community structure and function. Organic substrates were added as a driving force for change in the microbial community. Glucose represented an energy source used by a broad variety of bacteria, whereas fewer soil species were expected to use xylene....
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