Physio-chemical characteristics and bacterial diversity in copper mining wastewater based on 16S rRNA gene analysis

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 46, 2010, Pages 7891-7899

  Islam ud din, ^a   Khan, Sardar ^b   Hesham, Abd El Latif ^c   Ahmad, Ayaz ^d   Houbo, Su ^a   Daqiang, Cang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^c Assiut University   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacterial diversity; Copper mining; Heavy metals; Polymerase chain reaction denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR DGGE)

Indexed keywords

ANION; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; IRON; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ORGANIC CARBON; RNA 16S; ZINC;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; AFIPIA; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BURKHOLDERIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETIC SIMILARITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MINING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEINHEIMERA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; AFIPIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA SP.; RHEINHEIMERA;

EID: 78649346742     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1124     Document Type: Article

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