Polyphasic microbial community analysis of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils from two northern Canadian communities

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-249

  Juck, D ^a   Charles, T ^a,b   Whyte, L G ^c   Greer, C W ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biolog; Cold adapted bacterium; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Microbial community analysis; Petroleum hydrocarbon contamination

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME DNA;

COLD REGION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

ALERT; CANADA; KUUJJUAQ; NUNAVUT; QUEBEC;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0033829008     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(00)00067-2     Document Type: Article

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