Spatial and temporal changes in microbial community structure associated with recharge-influenced chemical gradients in a contaminated aquifer

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 438-448

  Haack, Sheridan K ^a   Fogarty, Lisa R ^a   West, Toby G ^b,e   Alm, Elizabeth W ^b   McGuire, Jennifer T ^c,f   Long, David T ^c   Hyndman, David W ^c   Forney, Larry J ^d,g  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Sierra Geol and Environ Consult ^*  (United States)

^e Sierra Geol and Environ Consult   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PHYLOGENY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; OTUS;

EID: 1942476050     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2003.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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