Sulfate reduction dynamics and enumeration of sulfate-reducing bacteria in hypersaline sediments of the Great Salt Lake (Utah, USA)

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-11

  Brandt, K K ^a,b   Vester, F ^a,c   Jensen, A N ^a,d   Ingvorsen, K ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Vingtoft and Partners   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM; CELL DENSITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTURE MEDIUM; ISOTOPE LABELING; LAKE; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFUR 35; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035021398     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002480000059     Document Type: Article

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