Identification of culturable stream water bacteria from urban, agricultural, and forested watersheds using 16S rRNA gene sequencing

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 395-406

  Belt, Kenneth T ^a   Hohn, Christina ^b   Gbakima, Aiah ^c   Higgins, James A ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacterial identification; Freshwater bacteria; Stream flora

Indexed keywords

AGAR; RNA 16S;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BACTERIUM; COLONY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; RNA; STREAMWATER; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

AEROMONAS; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOREST; GENOTYPE; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POND; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERRATIA; STREAM (RIVER); URBAN AREA; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; CITIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARYLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TREES; VARIATION (GENETICS); WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

AEROMONAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; SERRATIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34548633565     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2007.035     Document Type: Article

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