Ecophysiological evidence that Achromatium oxaliferum is responsible for the oxidation of reduced sulfur species to sulfate in a freshwater sediment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1905-1910

  Gray, N D ^a   Pickup, R W ^b   Jones, J G ^c   Head, I M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MOLYBDATE SODIUM; SULFATE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; SEDIMENT; THIOTRICHACEAE;

ACHROMATIUM OXALIFERUM;

EID: 0030984642     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.5.1905-1910.1997     Document Type: Article

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