Relationships between hydrosedimentary processes and occurrence of mercury-resistant bacteria (merA) in estuary mudflats (Seine, France)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1168-1176

  Ramond, Jean Baptiste ^a   Berthe, Thierry ^a   Lafite, Robert ^a   Deloffre, Julien ^a   Ouddane, Baghdad ^b   Petit, Fabienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Competitive PCR; Hydrosedimentary processes; merA gene; Mercury resistant bacteria; Sediments; Seine estuary

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ESTUARIES; GENES; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTATION;

COMPETITIVE PCR; HYDROSEDIMENTARY PROCESSES; MERA GENES; MERCURY-RESISTANT BACTERIA; SEINE ESTUARY;

BACTERIA;

MERCURY;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUDFLAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ESTUARY; FRANCE; GENE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MERA GENE; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

AUTHIE ESTUARY; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SEINE ESTUARY; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 44649158510     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.02.022     Document Type: Article

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