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Addition of maize stalks and soybean oil to a historically PCB-contaminated soil: effect on degradation performance and indigenous microbiota.
New biotechnology - 15 Nov 2012
Federici Ermanno, Giubilei Maria A, Covino Stefano, Zanaroli Giulio, Fava Fabio, D'Annibale Alessandro, Petruccioli Maurizio
Abstract excerpt
Objective of this study was to assess the single or combined effect of a plant oil and a lignocellulosic waste, namely soybean oil (SO) and maize stalks (MS), respectively, on resident microbiota and bioremediation performances of a soil historically contaminated by medium to highly chlorinated PCBs. Higher concentrations of both biphenyl- and chlorobenzoate-degrading cultivable bacteria were found in the...
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