Three common metal contaminants of urban runoff (Zn, Cu & Pb) accumulate in freshwater biofilm and modify embedded bacterial communities

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2738-2745

  Ancion, Pierre Yves ^a   Lear, Gavin ^a   Lewis, Gillian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; ARISA; Bacteria; Heavy metals; Stormwater

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; 16S RRNA GENE; ABSORPTION RATES; ARISA; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; BACTERIAL POPULATION; ECOLOGICAL HEALTH; FLOW CHAMBERS; FRESHWATER BIOFILMS; METAL CONTAMINANTS; RIBOSOMAL INTERGENIC SPACER ANALYSIS; STORMWATERS; TROPHIC LEVEL; URBAN RUNOFF;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; CLONING; ECOLOGY; HYDRAULICS; LEAD; METALS; RNA; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; ZINC;

COPPER;

BACTERIAL RNA; COPPER; LEAD; RNA 16S; ZINC; FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; LEAD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; ZINC;

ABSORPTION; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; STREAM (RIVER); WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; CITIES; COPPER; FRESH WATER; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77958178788     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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