title: Comparison of bacterioplankton communities in three heavily polluted streams in China.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the bacterioplankton communities in streams exposed to pollution of different types.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both T-RFLP and 16S rRNA gene clone library revealed a great difference in bacterioplankton community composition in the different streams.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This work might provide some new insights into bioremediation of heavily polluted streams.
authors.affiliation: College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: ShuYing
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: ShuGuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017753:Ecosystem; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D010802:Phylogeny; D010933:Plankton / Q000502:physiology*; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical