Temperature characteristics of bacterial iron solubilisation and 14C assimilation in naturally exposed sulfide ore material at Citronen Fjord, North Greenland (83°N)

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 275-283

  Langdahl, Bjarne Riis ^a   Ingvorsen, Kjeld ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acid stream; Autotrophic and heterotrophic activity; High Arctic; Iron solubilisation; Sulfide ore

Indexed keywords

GOSSAN; IRON ORE; IRON-SOLUBILIZING BACTERIA; TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; GREENLAND; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILIZATION; TEMPERATURE; THIOBACILLUS;

GREENLAND, CITRONEN FJORD;

THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0030802467     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00032-9     Document Type: Article

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