Cultivation-dependent and -independent approaches for determining bacterial diversity in heavy-metal-contaminated soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3223-3230

  Ellis, Richard J ^a,b   Morgan, Philip ^c   Weightman, Andrew J ^b   Fry, John C ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ESI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FATTY ACIDS; FLUORESCENCE;

ANTHROPOGENIC STRESS;

SOIL TESTING;

HEAVY METAL; RIBOSOME RNA;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNCULTURED ORGANISM;

EID: 0037979242     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.6.3223-3230.2003     Document Type: Article

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