Extremely alkaline (pH > 12) ground water hosts diverse microbial community

Ground Water

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 511-517

  Roadcap, George S ^a   Sanford, Robert A ^b   Jin, Qusheng ^c   Pardinas, José R ^d   Bethke, Craig M ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; STEEL SLAG;

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; SLAGS;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

ALKALI; BACTERIAL RNA; WATER;

ALKALINE WATER; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES;

ALKALIES; BIODIVERSITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ILLINOIS; INDIANA; MICHIGAN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; LAKE CALUMET; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLOSTRIDIUM;

EID: 33745618414     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2006.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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