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DOI 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.06.017
Title (Primary) Molecular comparison of cultivable protozoa from a pristine and a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon polluted site
Author Lara, E.; Berney, C.; Ekelund, F.; Harms, H.; Chatzinotas, A.
Source Titel Soil Biology & Biochemistry
Year 2007
Department UMB
Volume 39
Issue 1
Page From 139
Page To 148
Language englisch
Keywords 18S rRNA; Naked amoebae; Flagellates; Cultivable diversity; PAH polluted soil
Abstract We compared the abundance and diversity of cultivable protozoa (flagellates and amoebae) in a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) polluted soil and an unpolluted control, by isolating and cultivating clonal strains. The number of cultivable protozoa was higher in the polluted soil; however, the polluted soil displayed an impoverished community, dominated by certain taxa, such as Acanthamoeba sp. We isolated a total of 31 protozoan strains to characterize them morphologically and by 18S rRNA gene sequence analysis. This approach, i.e. combining morphological and molecular information had the advantage of providing quantitative data, information on morphology but also an accurate positioning of the isolates in 18S rRNA trees.
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Lara, E., Berney, C., Ekelund, F., Harms, H., Chatzinotas, A. (2007):
Molecular comparison of cultivable protozoa from a pristine and a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon polluted site
Soil Biol. Biochem. 39 (1), 139 - 148 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.06.017