Molecular diversity and characterization of nitrite reductase gene fragments (nirK and nirS) from nitrate- and uranium-contaminated groundwater

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-24

  Yan, Tingfen ^a,b,c   Fields, Matthew W ^a   Wu, Liyou ^a   Zu, Yuangang ^b   Tiedje, James M ^b   Zhou, Jizhong ^a,b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FRESH WATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; NITRITE REDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URANIUM; VARIATION (GENETICS); WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; HYPHOMICROBIUM; HYPHOMICROBIUM ZAVARZINII; OTUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037229896     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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