Probing the archaeal diversity of a mixed thermophilic bioleaching culture by TGGE and FISH

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 501-513

  Mikkelsen, Deirdre ^a   Kappler, Ulrike ^a   McEwan, Alastair G ^a   Sly, Lindsay I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acidianus; Bioleaching; Fluorescence in situ hybridisation; Metallosphaera; Molecular ecology; Stygiolobus; Sulfolobales; Sulfolobus; Sulfurisphaera; Temperature gradient gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ACIDIANUS INFERNUS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; METALLOSPHAERA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STYGIOLOBUS AZORICUS; SULFOLOBALES; SULFOLOBUS SHIBATAE; SULFURISPHAERA OHWAKUENSIS;

ARCHAEA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREACTORS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HOT TEMPERATURE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES;

ACIDIANUS; ACIDIANUS INFERNUS; ARCHAEA; METALLOSPHAERA; STYGIOLOBUS; STYGIOLOBUS AZORICUS; SULFOLOBALES; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS SHIBATAE; SULFURISPHAERA; SULFURISPHAERA OHWAKUENSIS;

EID: 69949186740     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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