In situ hydrogen consumption kinetics as an indicator of subsurface microbial activity

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 220-228

  Harris, Steve H ^a,b   Smith, Richard L ^b   Suflita, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field measurement; Hydrogen consumption; In situ microbial activity; Kinetics; TEAP

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEN; KINETICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; DENITRIFICATION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROGENATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; STEADY STATE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; HYDROGEN; KINETICS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 34247160517     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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