Zinc contamination decreases the bacterial diversity of agricultural soil

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-19

  Moffett, Bruce F ^a   Nicholson, Fiona A ^b   Uwakwe, Nnanna C ^a   Chambers, Brian J ^b   Harris, James A ^a,c   Hill, Tom C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis; Bacterial diversity; Heavy metal; Sampling strategy; Sewage sludge; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BACTERIUM; BIOSOLID; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZINC;

ACIDITY; AGRICULTURE; AMPLIFIED RIBOSOMAL DNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSOLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FRACTIONATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLING; SLUDGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STRESS; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OTUS; POSIBACTERIA; RUBROBACTER RADIOTOLERANS;

EID: 0037314157     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00448-8     Document Type: Article

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