Microorganisms from deep, high temperature sandstones: Constraints on microbial colonization

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 425-435

  Colwell, F S ^a   Onstott, T C ^b   Delwiche, M E ^a   Chandler, D ^c   Fredrickson, J K ^c   Yao, Q J ^b   McKinley, J P ^c   Boone, D R ^d   Griffiths, R ^e   Phelps, T J ^f   Ringelberg, D ^g   White, D C ^g   LaFreniere, L ^h   Balkwill, D ⁱ   Lehman, R M ^a   Konisky, J ^j   Long, P E ^c  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^h ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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Author keywords

Fermenter; Iron reducing bacteria; Microbial survival; Microbial transport; Sandstone; Subsurface

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOMASS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; ROCK; SAMPLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030778944     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(97)00024-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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