Impact of silver nanoparticle contamination on the genetic diversity of natural bacterial assemblages in estuarine sediments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4530-4536

  Bradford, Adam ^a   Handy, Richard D ^b   Readman, James W ^a   Atfield, Andrew ^b   Mühling, Martin ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS PHASE; BACTERIAL ASSEMBLAGES; BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; CHLORIDE IONS; CONCENTRATION OF; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; ICP-OES; INCUBATION PERIODS; LITTLE RESEARCH; MEDICAL PRODUCTS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; NESTED PCR-DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; OPTICAL EMISSIONS; PCR PRIMERS; PRESENCE/ABSENCE; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; STOCK SOLUTIONS; SURFACE LAYERS; TOXICOLOGICAL IMPACT; WATER COLUMNS;

BACTERIOLOGY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESTUARIES; EXTRACTION; GELATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SILVER;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER; WATER;

ABUNDANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CHLORIDE; DNA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTROKINESIS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEL; GENETIC VARIATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILVER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ESTUARY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE EFFLUENT;

BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SILVER; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 67449149731     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9001949     Document Type: Article

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