Quantification of changing Pseudomonas aeruginosa sodA, htpX and mt gene abundance in response to trace metal toxicity: A potential in situ biomarker of environmental health

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 276-286

  Bouskill, Nicolas J ^a   Barnhart, Elliott P ^a   Galloway, Tamara S ^b   Handy, Richard D ^b   Ford, Timothy E ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microbial biomarkers; Quantitative PCR; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA; TRACE METAL;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; BIOREMEDIATION; DETOXIFICATION; GENE; TOXICITY; TRACE METAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DETOXIFICATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PURIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARSENIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; MONTANA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZINC;

CLARK FORK RIVER; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 34247099407     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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