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Characterization of the bacterial community of a zinc-polluted soil.
Canadian journal of microbiology - 1 Apr 1999
Brim H, Heuer H, Krögerrecklenfort E, Mergeay M, Smalla K
Abstract excerpt
The bacterial community of a zinc-contaminated soil (Maatheide soil in Lommel, Belgium) was studied using cultivation as well as cultivation-independent techniques. Colony-forming units (CFU) were determined by plating on media with or without metals. Dominant isolates were characterized by fatty acid methyl ester analysis (FAME analysis) and PCR fingerprinting using repetitive extragenic palindromic sequences as...
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