Isolation and identification of bacteria from spent nuclear fuel pools

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 155-162

  Chicote, Eduardo ^a   García, Ana M ^a   Moreno, Diego A ^a   Sarró, M Isabel ^a   Lorenzo, Petra I ^a   Montero, Felipe ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b IBERDROLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Oligotrophic water; Radioactive water; Spent nuclear fuel pool

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RADIOISOTOPE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SOLID; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POWER PLANTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BACILLALES; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 20044386520     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-005-0216-3     Document Type: Article

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