Comparative effects of mercury contamination and wastewater effluent input on Gram-negative merA gene abundance in mudflats of an anthropized estuary (Seine, France): a microcosm approach

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-18

  Ramond, Jean Baptiste ^a   Berthe, Thierry ^a   Duran, Robert ^b   Petit, Fabienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Competitive PCR; Estuary mudflat sediments; merA gene; Mercury resistance; Microbial ecology; Microcosm; T RFLP analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA 16S; MERA PROTEIN; MERCURY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ESTUARY; FECES MICROFLORA; FRANCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTENT;

BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; FRESH WATER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 58149492764     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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