Core sediment bacteria drive community response to anthropogenic contamination over multiple environmental gradients

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2517-2531

  Sun, Melanie Y ^a   Dafforn, Katherine A ^a   Johnston, Emma L ^a   Brown, Mark V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTUARY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODIVERSITY; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALINITY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84883558425     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12133     Document Type: Article

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