Isolation and characterization of novel iron-oxidizing bacteria that grow at circumneutral pH

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4784-4792

  Emerson, David ^a,c   Moyer, Craig ^b,d  

^a AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 0030734782     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.12.4784-4792.1997     Document Type: Article

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