Comparative phylogenetic analysis of microbial communities in pristine and hydrocarbon-contaminated Alpine soils

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 466-475

  Labbé, Diane ^a   Margesin, Rosa ^b   Schinner, Franz ^b   Whyte, Lyle G ^c   Greer, Charles W ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpine soil; Bacterial community; Contamination; DGGE; Hydrocarbons; Microbial phylogeny

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROCARBON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MICROFLORA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; RHODOCOCCUS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; TYROL;

ACINETOBACTER; ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 33846185425     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00250.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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