Geomicrobiology of pyrite (Fes2) dissolution: Case study at iron mountain, California

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-179

  Edwards, Katrina J ^a   Goebel, Brett M ^b   Rodgers, Teresa M ^a   Schrenk, Matthew O ^a   Gihring, Thomas M ^a   Cardona, Margarita M ^a   Hu, Bo ^a   McGuire, Molly M ^a   Hamers, Robert J ^a   Pace, Norman R ^b   Banfield, Jillian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidmine drainage; Dissolution; Fluorescence in situhybridization; LowpH; Microbial attachment; Phylogentic analysis; Pyrite; Surface reactions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PYRITE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DISSOLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PYRITE; SULFIDE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032827726     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014904599270668     Document Type: Article

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