Structure and diversity of arsenic-resistant bacteria in an old tin mine area of Thailand

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 169-178

  Jareonmit, Pechrada ^a   Sajjaphan, Kannika ^a   Sadowsky, Michael J ^b  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic resistant bacteria; Denaturing gradient gel electophoresis (DGGE); DNA fingerprinting; Repetitive extragenic palindromic PCR (rep PCR)

Indexed keywords

ARSENATE REDUCTASE; ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; TIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER KOREENSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLONAL SPECIES; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MINING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THAILAND;

ARSENATE REDUCTASES; ARSENIC; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODIVERSITY; MINING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; THAILAND; TIN;

ARTHROBACTER KOREENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 75849158993     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.0906.06026     Document Type: Article

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