The microbiology of acidic mine waters

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 466-473

  Johnson, D Barrie ^a   Hallberg, Kevin B ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Acid streamers; Acidiphilium; Acidithiobacillus; Acidophile; Ferroplasma; Iron; Leptospirillum; Mines; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COPPER; IRON; MANGANESE; METAL; MINERAL; PYRITE; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; WATER; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DISSOLUTION; EUKARYOTE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACIDIPHILIUM; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; FERROPLASMA; LEPTOSPIRILLUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0141741231     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(03)00114-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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