Cultivation-dependent and cultivation-independent characterization of the microbial community in acid mine drainage associated with acidic Pb/Zn mine tailings at Lechang, Guangdong, China

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-126

  Tan, Gui Liang ^a   Shu, Wen Sheng ^a   Hallberg, Kevin B ^a   Li, Fang ^a   Lan, Chong Yu ^a   Huang, Li Nan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Acid mine drainage; Acidophiles; Microbial diversity; Mine tailings

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; IRON; LEAD; SULFATE; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDOPHILY; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BACTERIUM; CLONE; CULTIVATION; ELECTRON DENSITY; GENE EXPRESSION; LEAD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA; TAILINGS; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDIPHILIUM; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITY; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE SEQUENCE; LEPTOSPIRILLUM; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; REDUCTION KINETICS; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEAD; MINING; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; ZINC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; LECHANG;

ACIDIPHILIUM CRYPTUM; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDOBACTERIA; ACIDOPHILES; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; LEPTOSPIRILLUM; NITROSPIRA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33845657845     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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