Gut bacterial community structure (Porcellio scaber, isopoda, crustacea) as a measure of community level response to long-term and short-term metal pollution

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 755-763

  Lapanje, Ales ^a   Rupnik, Maja ^b   Drobne, Damjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Institute of Public Health Maribor   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal RNA; Bacteria; Gut; Metals; Porcellio scaber

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; RNA;

16S RIBOSOMAL RNA; GUT BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; METAL POLLUTION; PORCELLIO SCABER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HEAVY METAL; ISOPOD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DNA LIBRARY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOPODA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENE LIBRARY; ISOPODA; METALS, HEAVY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SLOVENIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; PORCELLIO SCABER; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34247507993     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-099R.1     Document Type: Article

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