Indigenous and contaminant microbes in ultradeep mines

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1168-1191

  Onstott, T C ^a   Moser, D P ^b   Pfiffner, S M ^c   Fredrickson, J K ^b   Brockman, F J ^b   Phelps, T J ^d   White, D C ^c   Peacock, A ^c   Balkwill, D ^e   Hoover, R ^f   Krumholz, L R ^g   Borscik, M ^a   Kieft, T L ^h   Wilson, R ⁱ  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^h NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ SRK Turgis Technology   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTEROIDETES; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHLOROBI; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGI; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MINING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTEOBACTERIA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDETES; CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 10744223616     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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