Effect of long-term herbicide applications on the bacterial community structure and function in an agricultural soil

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-146

  Seghers, Dave ^a   Verthé, Kristof ^a   Reheul, Dirk ^a   Bulcke, Robert ^a   Siciliano, Steven D ^a,b   Verstraete, Willy ^a   Top, Eva M ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Group specific DGGE; Herbicide; Long term effect; Methanotroph; Real time PCR; Richness

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; ATRAZINE; BACTERIAL RNA; HERBICIDE; METHANE; METOLACHLOR;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HERBICIDE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MAIZE; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACIDOBACTERIUM; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0242317248     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00205-8     Document Type: Article

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