Characterization of the bacterial community of a zinc-polluted soil

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 326-338

  Brim, H ^a,d   Heuer, H ^b   Krogerrecklenfort E ^b   Mergeay, M ^c   Smalla, K ^b  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rDNA analysis; Cultivation; Microbial community analysis; Sequencing; TGGE; Zn polluted soil

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA SEQUENCES; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELS; ZINC;

COLONY-FORMING UNITS (CFU); TEMPERATURE GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (TGGE);

SOIL POLLUTION;

FATTY ACID ESTER; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; ZINC;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ALCALIGENES; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CYTOPHAGA; FLEXIBACTER; NEGIBACTERIA; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA EUTROPHA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0032818926     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w99-012     Document Type: Article

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