Characterization of depth-related bacterial communities and their relationships with the environmental factors in the river sediments

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2655-2664

  Huang, Shan ^a   Chen, Chen ^a   Wu, Yanyang ^a   Wu, Qunhe ^a   Zhang, Renduo ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterial abundance and activity; Dissolved inorganic nitrogen; Microbial diversity; River sediment

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; 5-CYANO-2 ,3-DITOLYL TETRAZOLIUM CHLORIDE; BACTERIAL ABUNDANCE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL NUMBERS; BACTERIAL SPECIES; BOTTOM SEDIMENTS; CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; COMBINED EFFECT; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; DOMINANT SPECIES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; INORGANIC MATTERS; METABOLIC FUNCTION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NUTRIENT CONDITIONS; NUTRIENT CYCLE; PEARL RIVER; RESPIRATION RATE; RIVER SEDIMENT; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SAMPLE LOCATION; SEDIMENT DEPTH; SEDIMENT PROFILES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CELLS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTROPHORESIS; METABOLISM; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS; RNA; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 80053324134     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-011-0739-x     Document Type: Article

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