Characterization of the structural and functional diversity of indigenous soil microbial communities in smelter-impacted and nonimpacted soils

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 534-541

  Anderson, Jennifer A H ^a   Hooper, Michael J ^b   Zak, John C ^c   Cox, Stephen B ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute of Environmental and Human Health   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denaturant gradient gel electrophoresis; Functional diversity; Metals; Structural diversity

Indexed keywords

16S RIBOSOMAL DNA; CARBON SUBSTRATES; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; DISTURBED SOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY; GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IMPACTED SOIL; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROLITERS; MONTANA , USA; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SELECTION BIAS; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; SURROUNDING SOILS;

ELECTROPHORESIS; GELS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; METALS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REDUNDANCY; SMELTING; SOILS; STRUCTURAL METALS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; CARBON; DNA 16S; GROUND WATER; METAL; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ELECTROKINESIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; METAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SMELTING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; CARBON UTILIZATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENSITY GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MINING; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; SMELTER; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ANACONDA; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS; MINING; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 66649134501     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-281.1     Document Type: Article

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