Changes in bacterial populations and in biphenyl dioxygenase gene diversity in a polychlorinated biphenyl-polluted soil after introduction of willow trees for rhizoremediation.

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The aim of this study was to analyze the structural and functional changes occurring in a polychlorinated-biphenyl (PCB)-contaminated soil ecosystem after the introduction of a suitable host plant for rhizoremediation (Salix viminalis). We have studied the populations and phylogenetic distribution of key bacterial groups (Alpha- and Betaproteobacteria, Acidobacteria, and Actinobacteria) and the genes encoding...

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