Potentially novel copper resistance genes in copper-enriched activated sludge revealed by metagenomic analysis

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 10255-10266

  Li, Li Guan ^a   Cai, Lin ^a   Zhang, Xu Xiang ^b   Zhang, Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Copper; Copper resistance; Copper resistance gene; High throughput sequencing; Metagenome

Indexed keywords

DETOXIFICATION; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENES; PROTEINS; RNA; SIGNAL ENCODING; THROUGHPUT;

COPPER RESISTANCE GENES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METAGENOMES; METAGENOMIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MULTICOPPER OXIDASE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENIC ANALYSIS;

COPPER;

COPPER; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S; SEWAGE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COPPER; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EUKARYOTA; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE;

EID: 84916879430     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5939-5     Document Type: Article

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