Toxicity of triclosan, penconazole and metalaxyl on Caulobacter crescentus and a freshwater microbial community as assessed by flow cytometry

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1682-1691

  Johnson, David R ^a   Czechowska, Kamila ^a   Chèvre, Nathalie ^a   Van Der Meer, Jan Roelof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FRESH WATER; GLUCOSE; METALAXYL; PENCONAZOLE; RNA 16S; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TRICLOSAN;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STAINING;

ALANINE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIODIVERSITY; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRESH WATER; GLUCOSE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STAINING AND LABELING; TRIAZOLES; TRICLOSAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 67649967238     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01893.x     Document Type: Article

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