Diversity and seasonal variability of β-proteobacteria in biofilms of polluted rivers: Analysis by temperature gradient gel electrophoresis and cloning

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4463-4473

  Brummer I H M ^a   Felske, A ^a   Wagner Dobler I ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CLONING; ELECTROPHORESIS; RIVERS; RNA; WATER POLLUTION;

CLONE LIBRARY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; ELECTROKINESIS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AQUASPIRILLUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; ECOLOGY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDROGENOPHAGIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RHODOFERAX; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOFILMS; FRESH WATER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; VARIATION (GENETICS); WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EUROPE;

AQUABACTERIUM COMMUNE; AQUASPIRILLUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GALLIONELLA FERRUGINEA; HYDROGENOPHAGA; IDEONELLA DECHLORATANS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOFERAX; SPHAEROTILUS NATANS;

EID: 0043031293     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4463-4473.2003     Document Type: Article

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