Effect of Elodea nuttallii Roots on Bacterial Communities and MMHg Proportion in a Hg Polluted Sediment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Regier, Nicole ^a   Frey, Beat ^b   Converse, Brandon ^c   Roden, Eric ^c   Grosse Honebrink, Alexander ^a   Bravo, Andrea Garcia ^a,d   Cosio, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; MONOMETHYLMERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFOBACTERACEAE; DESULFUROMONADALES; ELODEA; ELODEA NUTTALLII; GEOBACTERACEAE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOSPHERE BACTERIUM; ROMANIA; SEDIMENT; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCHARITACEAE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFOBACTERACEAE; DESULFUROMONADALES; ELODEA NUTTALLII; GEOBACTERACEAE; OTUS;

EID: 84866443137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045565     Document Type: Article

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