Longitudinal changes in the benthic bacterial community of the Mahoning River (Ohio, U.S.A.)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 522, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 329-335

  Xu, Ping ^a   Leff, Laura G ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

benthos; DGGE; in situ hybridization; lotic; microbial ecology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; LONGITUDINAL CHANGES;

BACTERIA; CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

HYDROLOGY;

BACTERIUM; DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

MAHONING RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRAXINUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 4043136051     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000029993.81246.63     Document Type: Article

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