Detection of heavy metal ion resistance genes in Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria isolated from a lead-contaminated site

Biodegradation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-124

  Trajanovska, Suzana ^a   Britz, Margaret L ^a   Bhave, Mrinal ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chr genes; Czc; Lead resistant bacteria; Mer; Metal resistant Gram positive bacteria; Pco; PCR; Probing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ALCALIGENES; ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030826393     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008212614677     Document Type: Article

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