Microbial community profiling in cis- and trans-Dichloroethene enrichment systems using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 560-570

  Olaniran, Ademola O ^a,d   Stafford, William H L ^c   Cowan, Don A ^c   Pillay, Dorsamy ^a,b   Pillay, Balakrishna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Bacterial community profiling; Dichloroethene; Microbial diversity; PCR DGGE

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DICHLOROETHANE; RNA 16S;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL FLORA; BIODEGRADATION; CIS ISOMER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMAMONAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPOSURE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL; TRANS ISOMER; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DICHLOROETHYLENES; ELECTROPHORESIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTHROBACTER; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 34248335927     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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