Impact of mercury on denitrification and denitrifying microbial communities in nitrate enrichments of subsurface sediments

Biodegradation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-46

  Wang, Yanping ^a   Wiatrowski, Heather A ^b   John, Ria ^a   Lin, Chu Ching ^c   Young, Lily Y ^d   Kerkhof, Lee J ^e   Yee, Nathan ^d   Barkay, Tamar ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Rutgers University   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium; Denitrification; merA; Mercury reduction; Subsurface

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; DENITRIFICATION; GENES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROORGANISMS; NITRATES; RNA; SEDIMENTS;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; DENITRIFICATION RATE; MERA; MERCURY REDUCTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; SUBSURFACE; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

AMINO ACID; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INHIBITION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRATE; REDUCTION; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

OAK RIDGE RESERVATION; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM SP.; FIRMICUTES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84872893961     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-012-9555-8     Document Type: Article

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