Effect of toxic metals on indigenous soil β-subgroup proteobacterium ammonia oxidizer community structure and protection against toxicity by inoculated metal-resistant bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-101

  Stephen, John R ^a   Chang, Yun Juan ^a   Macnaughton, Sarah J ^a   Kowalchuk, George A ^b   Leung, Kam T ^a   Flemming, Cissy A ^a   White, David C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; BACTERIAL DNA; CADMIUM; CESIUM; COBALT; METAL; OXIDIZING AGENT; STRONTIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROSOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHEWANELLA; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; SPHINGOMONAS;

AMOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; NEGIBACTERIA; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOSPIRA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHEWANELLA; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 0032953321     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.1.95-101.1999     Document Type: Article

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