Sulfur cycling in the terrestrial subsurface: Commensal interactions, spatial scales, and microbial heterogeneity

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-151

  Ulrich, G A ^a   Martino, D ^b   Burger, K ^b   Routh, J ^b   Grossman, E L ^b   Ammerman, J W ^b   Suflita, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FERMENTATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS;

COMMENSALISM; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SULFUR CYCLE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031828298     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002489900101     Document Type: Article

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