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Impact of transgenic tobacco on trinitrotoluene (TNT) contaminated soil community.
Environmental science & technology - 15 Aug 2007
Travis Emma R, Hannink Nerissa K, Van der Gast Christopher J, Thompson Ian P, Rosser Susan J, Bruce Neil C
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Environmental contamination with recalcitrant toxic chemicals presents a serious and widespread problem to the functional capacity of soil. Soil bacteria play an essential role in ecosystem processes, such as nutrient cycling and decomposition; thus a decrease in their biomass and community diversity, resulting from exposure to toxic chemicals, negatively affects the functioning of soil. Plants provide the...
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