Cellular energy conservation and the rate of microbial sulfate reduction

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1027-1030

  Jin, Qusheng ^a,c   Bethke, Craig M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR ENERGY; CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRON DONORS; ENERGY AVAILABILITY; LAKE WASHINGTON; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PORE-WATER CHEMISTRY; PURE CULTURE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELS; SAVE ENERGY; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFATE-REDUCER; THERMODYNAMIC LIMITS;

AQUIFERS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MARINE ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

SEDIMENTS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROORGANISM; POREWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

LAKE WASHINGTON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 70450199610     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30185A.1     Document Type: Article

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