Iron-reducing microorganisms in a landfill leachate-polluted aquifer: Complementing culture-independent information with enrichments and isolations

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 283-294

  Lin, Bin ^a,b   Braster, Martin ^a   Röling, Wilfred F M ^a   van Breukelen, Boris M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Competition; Geobacteraceae; Iron reduction; Landfill leachate; Natural attenuation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIOREMEDIATION; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTERACEAE; RHODOFERAX; SERRATIA;

EID: 34547494863     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450701456834     Document Type: Article

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