Diversity and Characterization of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Groundwater at a Uranium Mill Tailings Site

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 3149-3160

  Chang, Yun Juan ^a   Peacock, Aaron D ^a   Long, Philip E ^b   Stephen, John R ^c   McKinley, James P ^b   Macnaughton, Sarah J ^d   Anwar Hussain, A K M ^a   Saxton, Arnold M ^a   White, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FATTY ACID; FRESH WATER; HYDROGENASE; NICKEL IRON HYDROGENASE; NICKEL-IRON HYDROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHOLIPID; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER POLLUTION;

DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS; FRESH WATER; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HYDROGENASE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON SULFUR GROUP DONORS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0035403884     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.7.3149-3160.2001     Document Type: Article

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