Diversity amongst Bacillus merA genes amplified from mercury resistant isolates and directly from mercury polluted soil

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-84

  Hart, Mark C ^a   Elliott, Geoff N ^a   Osborn, A Mark ^a   Ritchie, Donald A ^a   Strike, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Diversity; merA; Mercury resistance; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; Soil

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION;

BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031762022     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00058-0     Document Type: Article

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