RNA-based molecular survey of biodiversity of limestone tombstone microbiota in response to atmospheric sulphur pollution

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 92-102

  Villa, F ^a   Vasanthakumar, A ^b   Mitchell, R ^b   Cappitelli, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Limestone tombstone; Pollution; RNA based molecular analysis; Subaerial biofilm; Sulphur metabolism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; LIME; LIMESTONE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; URBAN GROWTH;

CAMBRIDGE; LIMESTONE TOMBSTONE; MICRO-ORGANISMS; MICROBIOTAS; MICROFLORAE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RNA-BASED MOLECULAR ANALYSE; SUBAERIAL BIOFILM; SULPHUR METABOLISM; SULPHUR POLLUTIONS;

RNA;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; DNA 16S; LIMESTONE; RNA 16S; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; AIR POLLUTANT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; SULFATE;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLOCHROMATIUM; ANABAENA CYLINDRICA; ANALYTIC METHOD; APSA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; CHROOCOCCIDIOPSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DESULFOVIBRIO; DSRA GENE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HALOCHROMATIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOSTOCACEAE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; THERMOCHROMATIUM; THIOBACILLUS; THIOBACILLUS THIOPARUS; THIOCAPSA; THIOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX GENE; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTANT; BACTERIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BACTERIA; CALCIUM CARBONATE; GENES, RRNA; MASSACHUSETTS; MICROBIOTA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SULFATES; SULFUR;

EID: 84916214675     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12345     Document Type: Article

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