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Dynamic changes in functional gene copy numbers and microbial communities during degradation of pyrene in soils.

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Dynamic changes in functional gene copy numbers and microbial communities during degradation of pyrene in soils. / Peng, Jing-Jing; Cai, Chao; Qiao, Min et al.
In: Environmental Pollution, Vol. 158, No. 9, 09.2010, p. 2872-2879.

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Peng JJ, Cai C, Qiao M, Li H, Zhu YG. Dynamic changes in functional gene copy numbers and microbial communities during degradation of pyrene in soils. Environmental Pollution. 2010 Sept;158(9):2872-2879. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.06.020

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Peng, Jing-Jing ; Cai, Chao ; Qiao, Min et al. / Dynamic changes in functional gene copy numbers and microbial communities during degradation of pyrene in soils. In: Environmental Pollution. 2010 ; Vol. 158, No. 9. pp. 2872-2879.

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title = "Dynamic changes in functional gene copy numbers and microbial communities during degradation of pyrene in soils.",
abstract = "This study investigates the dynamics of pyrene degradation rates, microbial communities, and functional gene copy numbers during the incubation of pyrene-spiked soils. Spiking pyrene to the soil was found to have negligible effects on the bacterial community present. Our results demonstrated that there was a signi fi cant difference in nidA gene copy numbers between sampling dates in QZ soil. Mycobacterium 16S rDNA clone libraries showed that more than 90% mycobacteria detected were closely related to fast- growing PAH-degrading Mycobacterium in pyrene-spiked soil, while other sequences related to slow-growing Mycobacterium were only detected in the control soil. It is suggested that nidA gene copy number and fast-growing PAH-degrading Mycobacterium could be used as indicators to predict pyrene contamination and its degradation activity in soils.",
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