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Contaminated Soil ’95 pp 15–24Cite as

Lessons from the Soil

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Part of the book series: Soil & Environment ((SOEN,volume 5))

Summary

The history of soil microbiology contains several important lessons about approaches and attempts to alter the indigenous microbial community. Currently, a number of novel and powerful strategies are available. Yet, it is important for the scientist to be pragmatic concerning their potential usages. Moreover, the validity of concepts such as ‘Isolating - controlling - monitoring’, ‘Environmentally Acceptable Endpoint’ and ‘Nonextractable Residues’ warrants delineation.

Kurzfassung

Die Geschichte der Bodenmikrobiologie hält für uns einige interessante Lehren in bezug auf Ansätze und Versuche, die einheimische mikrobiologische Gemeinschaft zu verändern, bereit. Gegenwärtig stehen einige neue und leistungsstarke Strategien zur Verfügung. Trotzdem ist bei einer möglichen Nutzung Pragmatismus geboten. Überdies ist die Gültigkeit von Konzepten wie “Isolierung-Überprüfung-Überwachung”, “umweltverträgliche Höchstgrenze” und “nicht-extrahierbare Schadstoffe” einzugrenzen.

Résumé

L’histoire de la microbiologie du sol contient quelques leçons en ce qui concerne les tentatives de modifier la communauté microbienne naturelle. De nos jours, plusieurs stratégies, nouvelles et performantes, sont possibles. Néanmoins, il est important pour les scientifiques d’utiliser des approches pragmatiques envers les applications potentiels. De plus, la validité des concepts comme: ‘Isolation - Contrôle - Monitoring’, ‘Niveau acceptable pour l’environnement’ et ‘Résidus non-extractibles’ doit être établie.

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  1. Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Ghent, Coupure L 653, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    W. Verstraete, E. Top, P. Vanneck, H. De Rore & G. Genouw

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Verstraete, W., Top, E., Vanneck, P., De Rore, H., Genouw, G. (1995). Lessons from the Soil. In: Van Den Brink, W.J., Bosman, R., Arendt, F. (eds) Contaminated Soil ’95. Soil & Environment, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0415-9_2

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