Investigation of the potential for microbial contamination of deep granitic aquifers during drilling using 165 rRNA gene sequencing and culturing methods

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-192

  Pedersen, Karsten ^a   Hallbeck, Lotta ^a   Arlinger, Johanna ^a   Erlandson, Ann Charlotte ^a   Jahromi, Nadi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Aspo hard rock laboratory; Drilling; Granite

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRILL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030826250     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(97)00066-3     Document Type: Article

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