Analysis of bacterial communities in heavy metal-contaminated soils at different levels of resolution

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-251

  Sandaa, Ruth Anne ^a   Torsvik, Vigdis ^a   Enger, Øivind ^a   Daae, Frida Lise ^a   Castberg, Tonje ^a   Hahn, Dittmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

G+C profile; 16S rDNA sequence; Bacterial diversity; Heavy metal contamination; Hybridization; Reassociation; Soil

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; RIBOSOME DNA;

BACTERIUM; HEAVY METAL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BIOMASS; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0032856426     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00062-8     Document Type: Article

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