A novel community of acidophiles in an acid mine drainage sediment

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-21

  Hao, Chunbo ^a   Zhang, Hongxun ^a   Haas, Richard ^b,c   Bai, Zhihui ^a,b   Zhang, Baoguo ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Acid mine drainage; Acidophile; Clone library; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; DNA; GENES; RNA; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACIDOPHILES; AMPLIFIED RDNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS (ARDRA); ANAEROBIC MICROENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIA;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACIDOPHILES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; NITROSPIRA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33846223541     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-006-9188-3     Document Type: Article

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