Bacterial diversity in a mine water treatment plant

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 858-861

  Heinzel, Elke ^a   Hedrich, Sabrina ^b   Janneck, Eberhard ^b   Glombitza, Franz ^a   Seifert, Jana ^a   Schlömann, Michael ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b Gewerbepark Schwarze Kiefern   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE WATERS; BACTERIAL DIVERSITIES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLONE LIBRARIES; FERROUS IRON OXIDATIONS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MINE WATERS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOCONVERSION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CLONING; GROUNDWATER; IRON; IRON ANALYSIS; MINE FLOODING; PILOT PLANTS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

IRON REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

BACTERIUM; DOMINANCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINE; OXIDATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; FERRIBACTER; POLYMYXA;

EID: 59649123878     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01045-08     Document Type: Article

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