Manure contaminated with the antibiotic sulfadiazine impairs the abundance of nirK- and nirS-type denitrifiers in the gut of the earthworm Eisenia fetida

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 415-418

  Kotzerke, Anja ^a   Klemer, Sven ^a   Kleineidam, Kristina ^b   Horn, Marcus A ^c   Drake, Harold L ^c   Schloter, Michael ^b   Wilke, Berndt Michael ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Denitrifiers; Eisenia fetida; nirK; nirS; Real time PCR; Sulfadiazine; Worm gut

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DENITRIFICATION; EARTHWORM; GENE EXPRESSION; MANURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; STOMACH CONTENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 77952674671     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-009-0434-3     Document Type: Article

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