Comparison of acid mine drainage microbial communities in physically and geochemically distinct ecosystems

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 4962-4971

  Bond, P L ^a   Druschel, G K ^a   Banfield, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; ECOSYSTEM; FERROPLASMA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEPTOSPIRILLUM; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PH; SULFOBACILLUS;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; IRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MINERALS; MINING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES;

EID: 0033754225     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.11.4962-4971.2000     Document Type: Article

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