Distribution of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans and Leptospirillum ferrooxidans: Implications for generation of acid mine drainage

Science

Volumn 279, Issue 5356, 1998, Pages 1519-1522

  Schrenk, Matthew O ^a   Edwards, Katrina J ^a   Goodman, Robert M ^a   Hamers, Robert J ^a   Banfield, Jillian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRITE; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABUNDANCE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BACTERIA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; MINERAL BALANCE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

USA, CALIFORNIA, IRON MOUNTAIN;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0032489630     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5356.1519     Document Type: Article

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35. We thank T. Rodgers, J. Ireland, C. Alpers, S. Bintrim, and D. K. Nordstrom for their input to this study; S. Bintrim, R. Spear, and A. Tsang for providing cultures; and Iron Mountain Mine Inc. and Stauffer Management Co. for making this work possible. Funding was provided by NSF grant CHE-9521731, EPA grant CR822902-01-0, and a grant from the McKnight Foundation.