Novel and unexpected bacterial diversity in an arsenic-rich ecosystem revealed by culture-dependent approaches

Biology Direct

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Delavat, François ^a   Lett, Marie Claire ^a   Lièvremont, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage (AMD); Actinobacteria; Alkaliphilic bacteria; Bacterial diversity; Culture dependent approaches; Functional redundancy; Molecular biases; Neutrophilic bacteria; Rare biosphere; Uncultured bacteria

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIALES; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

ACID; ARSENIC; BACTERIAL RNA; CELLULOSE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FRANCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MINING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACIDS; ARSENIC; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIODIVERSITY; CELLULOSE; CULTURE MEDIA; FRANCE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MINING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84865849383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-7-28     Document Type: Article

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