Multiple profiling of soil microbial communities identifies potential genetic markers of metal-enriched sewage sludge

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 555-564

  Macdonald, Catriona A ^a,b,c   Campbell, Colin D ^a   Bacon, Jeffrey R ^a   Singh, Brajesh K ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community; Copper; Microbial; Microbial indicators; Sewage sludge; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; METAL; ZINC;

BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COPPER; EUROPEAN UNION; GENETIC MARKER; GUIDELINE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PASTURE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; ZINC;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOSE RESPONSE; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGUS; GENETIC MARKER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; COPPER; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; GENETIC MARKERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ZINC;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 49249111887     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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