Influence of heterogeneous ammonium availability on bacterial community structure and the expression of nitrogen fixation and ammonium transporter genes during in situ bioremediation of uranium-contaminated groundwater

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4386-4392

  Mouser, Paula J ^a,e   N'Guessan, A Lucie ^a   Elifantz, Hila ^a   Holmes, Dawn E ^a   Williams, Kenneth H ^b   Wilkins, Michael J ^c   Long, Philip E ^d   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Department of Microbiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA SEQUENCES; AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIUM TRANSPORTER GENES; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; FIELD SCALE; GEOBACTER; IN-SITU; IN-SITU BIOREMEDIATION; METAL REDUCTION; MICROBIAL PROCESS; NITROGEN FIXATION GENES; ONE-FACTOR; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STATUS; PRIMARY SOURCES; STUDY SITES; TRANSCRIPT LEVEL; URANIUM REDUCTION;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POLLUTION; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; AMMONIUM TRANSPORTER; GROUND WATER; MESSENGER RNA; METAL; NITROGEN; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM;

ACETATE; AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REDUCTION; RNA; URANIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECHLOROMONAS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GEOBACTER; GEOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU BIOREMEDIATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REDUCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHODOBACTER; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; GEOBACTER; NITROGEN FIXATION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECHLOROMONAS; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SP.; RHODOFERAX;

EID: 67449110763     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8031055     Document Type: Article

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