The deep gold mines of South Africa: Windows into the subsurface biosphere

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3111, Issue , 1997, Pages 344-357

  Onstott, T C ^a   Tobin, K ^a   Dong, H ^a   DeFlaun, M F ^a   Fredrickson, J K ^a   Bailey, T ^a   Brockman, F ^a   Kieft, T ^a   Peacock, A ^a   White, D C ^a   Balkwill, D ^a   Phelps, T J ^a   Boone, D R ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic thermophilic bacteria; Gold; Lipids; Lithotrophy; Nucleic acid; Radiolysis; Uranium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; DNA; FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIOLYSIS; URANIUM;

ANAEROBIC THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA;

GOLD MINES;

EID: 0031300484     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.278789     Document Type: Conference Paper

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