Dominance of sphingomonads in a copper-exposed biofilm community for groundwater water treatment

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 325-337

  Vilchez R ^a,b   Pozo, C ^a   Gomez M A ^a   Rodelas, B ^a   Gonzales Lopez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CARBON; COPPER COMPLEX; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; PHOSPHATE; RNA 16S; SILICATE; SUCROSE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; BIOFILTER; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLATE COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERIZATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPHINGOMONADACEAE; SPHINGOMONAS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; COPPER; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS; FRESH WATER; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPHINGOMONAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; SPHINGOMONADACEAE; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 33847202970     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2006/002139-0     Document Type: Article

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