Identification and Characterization of Bacteria in a Selenium-Contaminated Hypersaline Evaporation Pond

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 3785-3794

  De Souza, M P ^a   Amini, A ^a   Dojka, M A ^a   Pickering, I J ^b   Dawson, S C ^a   Pace, N R ^c   Terry, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SELENIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BIOREMEDIATION; CLASSIFICATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; BACTEROIDETES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SELENIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0035463864     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.9.3785-3794.2001     Document Type: Article

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