Fate of a metal-resistant inoculum in contaminated and pristine soils assessed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1118-1123

  Stephen, John R ^a   Chang, Yun Juan ^a   Macnaughton, Sarah J ^a   Whitaker, S Leigh ^b   Hicks, Christopher L ^b   Leung, Kam T ^a   Flemming, Cecily A ^a   White, David C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Microbial Insights   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Microbial ecology; Polymerase chain reaction; Toxic metals

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; HEAVY METAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; SPHINGOMONAS; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS STR. HILDENBOROUGH; NOVOSPHINGOBIUM AROMATICIVORANS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; SPHINGOMONAS; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0032944574     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<1118:FOAMRI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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