Depth profile of sulfate-reducing bacterial ribosomal RNA and mercury methylation in an estuarine sediment

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-31

  Devereux, Richard ^a,c   Winfrey, Michael R ^b   Winfrey, Janet ^a,b   Stahl, David A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury methylation; Ribosomal RNA probes; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; DESULFOVIBRIO; ESTUARY; METHYLATION; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE; ROSA;

EID: 0029988977     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-6496(96)00011-6     Document Type: Article

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