Pollutant effects on the microbial ecosystem.

doi:10.1289/ehp.94102s1245a

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Pollutant effects on the microbial ecosystem.

Environmental health perspectives - 1 Dec 1994

Ford T

Abstract excerpt

Genetic diversity of a microbial community will inevitably be affected by environmental stress. However, our understanding of the implications of these effects is limited. Genetic exchange between natural microbial communities appears to be a common phenomenon, mediated by a number of microbial p...

Topics

Colony Count, Microbial
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Ecosystem
Environmental Monitoring
Genetic Variation
Mutagens
Water Microbiology
Water Pollutants

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