Impact of copper on the diversity, abundance and transcription of nitrite and nitrous oxide reductase genes in an urban European estuary

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 274-284

  Magalhães, Catarina M ^a   Machado, Ana ^b   Matos, Patrícia ^b   Bordalo, Adriano A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Copper effect; Denitrification; Denitrifier diversity; Estuarine sediments; Nirk and nosz genes; Nirs

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; COPPER; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S;

ACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROKINESIS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRITE; NITROUS OXIDE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAND; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENITRIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COPPER; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENITRIFICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DOURO ESTUARY; PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL;

EID: 79960186890     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01107.x     Document Type: Article

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