Characteristics of attachment and growth of Thiobacillus caldus on sulphide minerals: A chemotactic response to sulphur minerals?

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 324-332

  Edwards, K J ^a   Bond, P L ^a   Banfield, J F ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; CHEMOTAXIS; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARCASITE; PYRITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARSENICALS; CELL COUNT; CHEMOTAXIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SULFIDES; THIOBACILLUS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0034541066     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2000.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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