Fluctuation in recoverable nickel and zinc resistant copiotrophic bacteria explained by the varying zinc ion content of Torsa River in different months

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-224

  Bhadra, Bhaskar ^a,b   Nanda, Ashis Kumar ^a   Chakraborty, Ranadhir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Inducible metal resistance; Ni resistance; River water bacteria; Torsa River; Zn resistance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NICKEL; RIBOSOME DNA; ZINC;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COPIOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORAXELLA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PURIFICATION; RIVER; SERRATIA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WATER POLLUTION;

ACINETOBACTER; BACILLUS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTER; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORAXELLA; NICKEL; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SERRATIA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

ACINETOBACTER; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; PSEUDOMONAS; SERRATIA;

EID: 34547789876     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-007-0236-7     Document Type: Article

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