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Functional gene array-based analysis of microbial communities in heavy metals-contaminated lake sediments.
FEMS microbiology ecology - 1 Nov 2013
Kang Sanghoon, Van Nostrand Joy D, Gough Heidi L, He Zhili, Hazen Terry C, Stahl David A, Zhou Jizhong
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Lake DePue (IL, USA) has been contaminated for > 80 years by an adjacent Zn-smelting facility. Previous work indicated that sulfate reduction increased and biomass declined as pore-water metal concentrations increased, while 16S rRNA gene profiles remained relatively stable. To better understand this phenomenon, the sediment microbial community structure and functional potential were investigated using a...
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