Opal-A and associated microbes from Wairakei, New Zealand: The first 300 days

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 563-579

  Smith, B Y ^a   Turner, S J ^b   Rodgers, K A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacterial community; Microbes; New Zealand; Sinter; Wairakei

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS; LAMINAR FLOW; PH EFFECTS; SINTERING; X RAY SCATTERING;

DRAIN WALL;

SILICA;

MICROSPHERE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

BACTERIUM; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL POWER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OPAL; SILICA;

BACTERIAL FLORA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MICROBIAL MAT; NEW ZEALAND; PH; SALINITY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WATER TEMPERATURE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0043268775     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461036730118     Document Type: Article

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