Influence of industrial contamination on mobile genetic elements: Class 1 integron abundance and gene cassette structure in aquatic bacterial communities

ISME Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 417-428

  Wright, Meredith S ^a,d   Baker Austin, Craig ^a   Lindell, Angela H ^a   Stepanauskas, Ramunas ^b   Stokes, Hatch W ^c   McArthur, J Vaun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Class 1 integron; Environment; Gene cassette; Metals; Mobile genetic element

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL; INTEGRASE; INTEGRON INTEGRASE INTI1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; INTEGRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TRANSPOSON; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEORGIA; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; INTEGRASES; INTEGRONS; METALS, HEAVY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RIVERS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH CAROLINA; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 42049087610     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2008.8     Document Type: Article

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