Bacterial community profiles from sediments of the Anacostia River using metabolic and molecular analyses

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1271-1279

  Bushaw Newton, Karen L ^a   Ewers, Evan C ^b   Velinsky, David J ^c   Ashley, Jeffrey T F ^c,d   MacAvoy, Stephen E ^e  

^a NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Anacostia River; Bacteria; Biolog; Carbon substrate utilization; Community structure and function; DGGE; Genetic profiling; OTU; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; NITROGEN; RNA 16S;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ELECTROKINESIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYMER; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARYLAND; NITROGEN; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ANACOSTIA RIVER; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; UNITED STATES;

ANACOSTIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OTUS;

EID: 84860510778     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0656-4     Document Type: Article

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