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BioMed Research International
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 891630, 11 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/891630
Research Article

Phytomediated Biostimulation of the Autochthonous Bacterial Community for the Acceleration of the Depletion of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Contaminated Sediments

Simona Di Gregorio,1 Alessandro Gentini,2 Giovanna Siracusa,1 Simone Becarelli,3 Hassan Azaizeh,4,5 and Roberto Lorenzi1

1Department of Biology, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
2Teseco SpA, Via Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti 12, 56121 Pisa, Italy
3STA srl, Via della Gherardesca 2, Ospedaletto, 56121 Pisa, Italy
4Institute of Applied Research (Affiliated with University of Haifa), The Galilee Society, P.O. Box 437, 20200 Shefa-Amr, Israel
5Tel Hai College, 12208 Upper Galilee, Israel

Received 13 February 2014; Revised 15 July 2014; Accepted 15 July 2014; Published 7 August 2014

Academic Editor: Daniele Daffonchio

Copyright © 2014 Simona Di Gregorio et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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