Identification and characterization of a novel acidotolerant Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from a 3000-year-old acidic rock drainage site

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-157

  Adams, Laura K ^a   Boothman, Christopher ^a   Lloyd, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Acidophile; Microbial Fe(III) reduction; Serratia

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; RNA 16S;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; RNA ANALYSIS; ROCK; SERRATIA;

ACIDS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SERRATIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SERRATIA;

EID: 33846993740     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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