Microbial ecology of an extreme acidic environment, the Tinto River

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4853-4865

  Gonzalez Toril E ^a,b   Llobet Brossa, E ^c   Casamayor, E O ^c,d   Amann, R ^c   Amils, R ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ECOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; HEAVY METALS; PH EFFECTS;

MICROBIAL ECOLOGY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

HEAVY METAL; IRON; RNA 16S; SULFIDE;

ACIDITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ELECTROKINESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RIVER;

ACIDIPHILIUM; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC MICROORGANISM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ECOLOGY; FERRIMICROBIUM ACIDIPHILUM; FERROPLASMA ACIDIPHILUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GEOLOGY; HABITAT QUALITY; IRON CYCLE; IRON METABOLISM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; MODEL; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROKARYOTE; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

SPAIN;

ACIDIPHILIUM; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARCHAEA; FERRIMICROBIUM ACIDIPHILUM; FERROPLASMA; FERROPLASMA ACIDIPHILUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; PROKARYOTA; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM;

EID: 0042029329     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4853-4865.2003     Document Type: Article

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