Effect of cadmium on abundance and diversity of free living nitrogen fixing Azotobacter spp

Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 184-191

  Prasad, Durga ^a   Subrahmanyam, Gangavarapu ^b   Bolla, Krishna ^c  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

^c KAKATIYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene diversity; Amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA); Azotobacter spp.; Cadmium toxicity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DNA; HEAVY METAL; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; SOIL POLLUTION;

AZOTOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84858204076     PISSN: 19947887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jest.2012.184.191     Document Type: Article

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