Seasonal and spatial variations in microbial community structure and diversity in the acid stream draining across an ongoing surface mining site

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 277-285

  Tan, Gui Liang ^a   Shu, Wen Sheng ^a   Zhou, Wen Hua ^a   Li, Xiang Li ^b   Lan, Chong Yu ^a   Huang, Li Nan ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhongshan Supervision Testing Institute of Quality and Metrology   (China)

^c Zhongshan Torch Vocational and Technical College   (China)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Clone library; Microbial ecology; Ongoing surface mining site; TRFLP

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MINING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCEAN CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; STREAM (RIVER); WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; FERROPLASMA ACIDIPHILUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 70349865355     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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