Sulfur cycling in mixed cultures of sulfide-oxidizing and sulfate- or sulfur-reducing oil field bacteria

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 905-913

  Telang, Anita J ^a   Jenneman, Gary E ^b   Voordouw, Gerrit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Sedimentology and Stratigraphy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL; SULFATE; SULFUR OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CORROSION; CYCLIZATION; DESULFOVIBRIO; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SAMPLING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SULFUR BACTERIUM; WATER SAMPLING;

ARCOBACTER; DESULFUROMONAS ACETOXIDANS; THIOMICROSPIRA;

EID: 0033305944     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w99-096     Document Type: Article

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