Heavy Metal Tolerance Genes Associated With Contaminated Sediments From an E-Waste Recycling River in Southern China.

Front Microbiol · 2021 · PMC8155521 · PMID 34054770

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However, the microbial diversity based on the relative intensity of the DGGE band and high-throughput sequencing analysis showed a decreasing trend under long-term heavy metal pollution ( Jiang et al., 2017 ; Salam and Varma, 2019 ).

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