Comparison of bacterioplankton communities in three heavily polluted streams in China / 生物医学与环境科学（英文）

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To compare the bacterioplankton communities in streams exposed to pollution of different types.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The bacterioplankton communities in three selected heavily polluted streams were investigated by using terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis in combination with 16S rRNA gene clone library analysis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Both T-RFLP and 16S rRNA gene clone library revealed a great difference in bacterioplankton community composition in the different streams.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>This work might provide some new insights into bioremediation of heavily polluted streams.</p>