pH gradient-induced heterogeneity of Fe(III)-reducing microorganisms in coal mining-associated lake sediments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1019-1029

  Blöthe, Marco ^a,d   Akob, Denise M ^b   Kostka, Joel E ^b   Göschel, Kathrin ^a   Drake, Harold L ^a   Küsel, Kirsten ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COAL MINES; IRON; LAKES; PH EFFECTS; SEDIMENTS;

ACIDOBACTERIUM CAPSULATUM; ANOXIC SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT MICROBIAL DIVERSITY;

MICROORGANISMS;

DNA; FERRIC ION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENT; BACTERIUM; COAL MINING; HETEROGENEITY; IRON; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; PH; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLEACHING; COAL MINING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DILUTION; GENE LIBRARY; GEOBACTERACEAE; LAKE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROCOSM; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; COAL MINING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDOLES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACIDIPHILIUM; ACIDISPHAERA; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDOBACTERIA; ACIDOBACTERIUM CAPSULATUM; ACIDOPHILES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOBACTERACEAE; THIOMONAS;

EID: 39649103207     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01194-07     Document Type: Article

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