Characterization of the bacterial community structure of Sydney Tar Ponds sediment

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 493-503

  Yeung, C William ^a,b   Woo, Monica ^a   Lee, Kenneth ^c   Greer, Charles W ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

16s rRNA gene; Bacterial community structure; Clone library; DGGE; Sydney tar ponds

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CLONE LIBRARY; DGGE; SYDNEY TAR PONDS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACTERIOLOGY; CLONING; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; LAKES; RNA; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

TAR;

RIBOSOME RNA;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; CLONE; ELECTROKINESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WASTE FACILITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CANADA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FIRMICUTES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TARS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; CAPE BRETON ISLAND; NOVA SCOTIA; SYDNEY [CAPE BRETON ISLAND];

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACIDOCELLA; ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; MYCOBACTERIUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 79958857287     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w11-032     Document Type: Article

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