Effect of Elodea nuttallii roots on bacterial communities and MMHg proportion in a Hg polluted sediment.

The objective of this study was to assess the effect of a rooted macrophyte Elodea nuttallii on rhizosphere bacterial communities in Hg contaminated sediments. Specimens of E. nuttallii were exposed to sediments from the Hg contaminated Babeni reservoir (Olt River, Romania) in our microcosm. Plants...

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Main Authors: Nicole Regier, Beat Frey, Brandon Converse, Eric Roden, Alexander Grosse-Honebrink, Andrea Garcia Bravo, Claudia Cosio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3444453?pdf=render