Molecular characterization of microbial communities in fault-bordered aquifers in the Miocene formation of northernmost Japan

Geobiology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 203-213

  Shimizu, S ^a   Akiyama, M ^a   Ishijima, Y ^a   Hama, K ^b   Kunimaru, T ^b   Naganuma, T ^c  

^a Northern Advancement Center for Science &Technology   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BOREHOLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROUNDWATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MIOCENE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA; SHALE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOCULLEUS CHIKUGOENSIS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33747492397     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2006.00077.x     Document Type: Article

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