Change in bacterial community structure during in situ biostimulation of subsurface sediment cocontaminated with uranium and nitrate

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 4911-4920

  North, Nadia N ^a   Dollhopf, Sherry L ^a   Petrie, Lainie ^a   Istok, Jonathan D ^c   Balkwill, David L ^b   Kostka, Joel E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTIMULATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NEUTRALIZATION;

CONTAMINATION; ELECTRONS; GROUNDWATER; MICROORGANISMS; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); URANIUM;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE; GROUND WATER; IRON; NITRATE; RNA 16S; URANIUM;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDITY; ANAEROMYXOBACTER DEHALOGENANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOREMEDIATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOBACTER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOBACTER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

ANAEROMYXOBACTER DEHALOGENANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOBACTER; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 4143121402     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.8.4911-4920.2004     Document Type: Article

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