Microbial diversity in polluted harbor sediments I: Bacterial community assessment based on four clone libraries of 16S rDNA

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 668-681

  Zhang, Wen ^a   Ki, Jang Seu ^a   Qian, Pei Yuan ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; bacterial community; pollution; sediment; Victoria Harbor

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HARBOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; HONG KONG ISLAND; VICTORIA HARBOUR;

AMINOBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; OTUS; PLANCTOMYCETALES; PROTEOBACTERIA; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 37649011443     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.07.040     Document Type: Article

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