Mercury and other heavy metals influence bacterial community structure in contaminated Tennessee streams

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 302-311

  Vishnivetskaya, Tatiana A ^a   Mosher, Jennifer J ^a   Palumbo, Anthony V ^a   Yang, Zamin K ^a   Podar, Mircea ^a   Brown, Steven D ^a   Brooks, Scott C ^b   Gu, Baohua ^b   Southworth, George R ^b   Drake, Meghan M ^a   Brandt, Craig C ^a   Elias, Dwayne A ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; GEOCHEMICAL FACTORS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH-QUALITY SEQUENCES; IN-SITU; INORGANIC MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SURFACE STREAMS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACTERIOLOGY; HYDRAULICS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; RNA; SOCIAL SCIENCES; URANIUM;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BACTERIAL DNA; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SAMPLING; STREAMWATER; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TENNESSEE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

OAK RIDGE RESERVATION; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

ACIDOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNCLASSIFIED BACTERIA; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 79551472855     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01715-10     Document Type: Article

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