Comparative quantitative prevalence of Mycobacteria and functionally abundant nidA, nahAc, and nagAc dioxygenase genes in coal tar contaminated sediments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 5426-5432

  Debruyn, Jennifer M ^a   Chewning, Christopher S ^a   Sayler, Gary S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL TAR; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DNA; GENES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIODEGRADATION; MINERALOGY; NAPHTHALENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

MINERALIZATION; MYCOBACTERIA;

SEDIMENTS; GENES;

COAL TAR; DIOXYGENASE; DNA 16S; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRENE;

COAL TAR; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DNA; GENES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; COAL TAR; GENE; METAL; MINERALIZATION; PAH; PESTICIDE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRENE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MICROFLORA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NAGAC GENE; NAHAC GENE; NIDA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; COAL TAR; DIOXYGENASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MINERALS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NAPHTHALENES; PHYLOGENY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL POLLUTANTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENNESSEE;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MYCOBACTERIUM;

16S RDNA CLONE LIBRARY; CATABOLIC GENES; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; DIOXYGENASE GENES; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); PROTEOBACTERIA; PYRENE MINERALIZATION; REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE PCR; SUPERFUND SITES;

EID: 34547674725     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070406c     Document Type: Article

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