Speciation of sulfur from filamentous microbial mats from sulfidic cave springs using X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-62

  Engel, Annette Summers ^a   Lichtenberg, Henning ^a,b   Prange, Alexander ^a,c   Hormes, Josef ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c NIEDERRHEIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epsilonproteobacteria; Microbial mats; Sulfidic spring; Sulfur K edge; XANES spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

SULFUR;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SULFUR; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; X-RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33847689494     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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