Related assemblages of sulphate-reducing bacteria associated with ultradeep gold mines of South Africa and deep basalt aquifers of Washington State

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 267-277

  Baker, Brett J ^a,l   Moser, Duane P ^b,h   MacGregor, Barbara J ^c,m   Fishbain, Susan ^c   Wagner, Michael ^d   Fry, Norman K ^e   Jackson, Brad ^c   Speolstra, Nico ^f   Loos, Steffen ^g   Takai, Ken ^h   Lollar, Barbara Sherwood ⁱ   Fredrickson, Jim ^h   Balkwill, David ^j   Onstott, Tullis C ^b   Wimpee, Charles F ^a   Stahl, David A ^c,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f Driefontein Consolidated Mining Co   (South Africa)

^g JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^j FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GOLD; HYDROGENSULFITE REDUCTASE; MINERALS; MINING; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON SULFUR GROUP DONORS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SILICATES; SOUTH AFRICA; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA; WASHINGTON; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOTOMACULUM; DESULFOTOMACULUM GEOTHERMICUM; DESULFOTOMACULUM THERMOSAPOVORANS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037385258     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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