Ecology of sulfate-reducing bacteria in an iron-dominated, mining-impacted freshwater sediment

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 675-684

  Ramamoorthy, Srividhya ^a   Piotrowski, Jeffrey S ^a   Langner, Heiko W ^a   Holben, William E ^a   Morra, Matthew J ^b   Rosenzweig, R Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED SITES; DYNAMIC CHARACTERS; ESTIMATED PARAMETERS; EX-SITU; FRESHWATER SEDIMENTS; FUNCTIONAL GENES; GENE COPY NUMBERS; MOST PROBABLE NUMBERS; PORE WATERS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; REDUCED IRONS; SITE EFFECTS; SOLID-PHASE; SOLUBLE METALS; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA;

BACTERIOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILVER; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER;

STRAIN RELAXATION;

ADENYLYLSULFATE REDUCTASE; FRESH WATER; IRON; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ALPHA CHAIN; APS GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGENESIS; ECOLOGY; GENE NUMBER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINING; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASON; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; UNITED STATES;

DNA, BACTERIAL; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IDAHO; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON; MINING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFATES; SULFIDES; SULFUR; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

EID: 63449136462     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0577     Document Type: Article

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