December 2017

Assessment of the ecological state of soil above an underground natural gas storage using bioassay

Soils in areas of underground natural gas storage facilities (UGS) can become contaminated with hydrocarbons, which impacts negatively on soil properties and functions of soil biocenosis. The purpose of this study was to biodiagnose soil samples from the territory of an UGS (Stepnoye district, Saratov region) using bioassay. For microbiological analysis of the soil samples, the following parameters were selected: The...

Author(s): Clement T. Ngun, Yekaterina V. Pleshakova and Mihail V. Reshetnikov