Microbial communities in acid mine drainage

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-152

  Baker, Brett J ^a   Banfield, Jillian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Geomicrobiology; Iron oxidation; Pyrite dissolution; Sulfide mineral; Sulfur oxidation

Indexed keywords

IRON; OXIDIZING AGENT; PYRITE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; SULFURIC ACID;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; DISSOLUTION; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; METAL METABOLISM; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037447834     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00028-X     Document Type: Short Survey

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