Pore-size constraints on the activity and survival of subsurface bacteria in a late cretaceous shale-sandstone sequence, northwestern new mexico

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 183-202

  Fredrickson, J K ^a   McKinley, J P ^a   Bjornstad, B N ^a   Long, P E ^a   Ringelberg, D B ^b   White, D C ^b   Krumholz, L R ^c   Suflita, J M ^c   Colwell, F S ^d   Lehman, R M ^d   Phelps, T J ^e   Onstott, T C ^f  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Phospholipid fatty acid; Pore size; Sandstone; Shale; Subsurface; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PORE SIZE; SANDSTONE; SHALE;

NEW MEXICO; USA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031464958     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490459709378043     Document Type: Article

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