Attached and Unattached Bacterial Communities in a 120-Meter Corehole in an Acidic, Crystalline Rock Aquifer

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2095-2106

  Lehman, R Michael ^a   Roberto, Francisco F ^a   Earley, Drummond ^b,c   Bruhn, Debby F ^a   Brink, Susan E ^b   O'Connell, Sean P ^a   Delwiche, Mark E ^a   Colwell, Frederick S ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b US Bureau of Mines   (United States)

^c Daniel B Stephens and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER; IRON; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PH; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFATES;

EID: 0035344652     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.5.2095-2106.2001     Document Type: Article

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