Population structure of microbial communities associated with two deep, anaerobic, alkaline aquifers

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1498-1504

  Fry, Norman K ^a,c   Fredrickson, James K ^b   Fishbain, Susan ^a   Wagner, Michael ^a,d   Stahl, David A ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

AQUIFER; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; EUBACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; VIBRIO;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOBACTER; DESULFOVIBRIO; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; VIBRIO; EUCARYA;

ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; ANAEROBIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUIFER; BACTERIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

USA, WASHINGTON;

EID: 0030613343     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1498-1504.1997     Document Type: Article

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