Microbiology: Computational improvements reveal great bacterial diversity and high toxicity in soil

Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5739, 2005, Pages 1387-1390

  Gans, Jason ^a   Wolinsky, Murray ^a   Dunbar, John ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TOXICITY;

METAL CONTAMINATION; SOIL BACTERIAS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; HYDROXYAPATITE; METAL; RIBOSOME RNA; HEAVY METAL;

HEAVY METAL; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; CALCULATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; KINETICS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MATHEMATICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID RENATURATION; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MATHEMATICS; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEIC ACID RENATURATION; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 23944525404     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1112665     Document Type: Article

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