Bacterial community composition in low-flowing river water with different sources of pollutants

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 155-166

  Mark Ibekwe, Abasiofiok ^a   Leddy, Menu B ^b   Bold, Richard M ^b   Graves, Alexandria K ^c  

^a U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbial diversity; Nonpoint source pollutants; Spatial variation; Temporal variations; Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism; Watershed

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HEALTH RISK; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLYMORPHISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER FLOW; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIVER; RNA GENE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CYANOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 83555161554     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01205.x     Document Type: Article

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