Planktonic microbial communities associated with fracture-derived groundwater in a deep gold mine of south africa

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 475-497

  Lin, Li Hung ^a   Hall, James ^a   Onstott, T C ^a   Gihring, Thomas ^b   Lollar, Barbara Sherwood ^c   Boice, Erik ^d   Pratt, Lisa ^e   Lippmann Pipke, Johanna ^f   Bellamy, Robert E S ^f  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^f NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene phylogeny; Planktonic communities; South African gold mine; Subsurface ecosystems

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148874634     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450600875829     Document Type: Article

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