1. Editorial

   • James M. Lynch
   • Henk W. Van Verseveld

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 1 - 1

2. Diffuse atrazine pollution in German aquifers

   • Wolfgang Tappe
   • Joost Groeneweg
   • Barbara Jantsch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 10

3. Microbial aspects of atrazine degradation in natural environments

   • T. Komang Ralebitso
   • Eric Senior
   • Henk W. van Verseveld

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 19

4. Resilience of the rhizosphere to anthropogenic disturbance

   • J.M. Lynch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 27

5. Effects of agronomical measures on the microbial diversity of soils as related to the suppression of soil-borne plant pathogens

   • Jan Dirk van Elsas
   • Paolina Garbeva
   • Joana Salles

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 40

6. Assessment of soil contamination – a functional perspective

   • Nico M. van Straalen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 52

7. Natural attenuation: What does the subsurface have in store?

   • Wilfred F.M. Röling
   • Henk W. van Verseveld

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 64

8. The role of microbial populations in the containment of aromatichydrocarbons in the subsurface

   • P.D. Franzmann
   • W.J. Robertson
   • G.B. Davis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 78