Quantifying expression of a dissimilatory (bi)sulfite reductase gene in petroleum-contaminated marine harbor sediments

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 489-499

  Chin, Kuk Jeong ^a,b   Sharma, Manju L ^a   Russell, Lyndsey A ^a   O'Neill, Kathleen R ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; HYDROGEN SULFITE REDUCTASE; MESSENGER RNA; PETROLEUM; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGENSULFITE REDUCTASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PETROLEUM; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TEMPERATURE;

DESULFOSARCINA;

EID: 41049085212     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9294-2     Document Type: Article

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