Evidence of indigenous sulphate-reducing bacteria in commercial Wyoming bentonite MX-80

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 51-57

  Masurat, Peter ^a   Eriksson, Sara ^b   Pedersen, Karsten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Microbial Analytics Sweden AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Desulfovibrio africanus; Sulphate reducing bacteria; Survival

Indexed keywords

16S RDNA; DESULFOVIBRIO; DRY HEAT; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; GENE SEQUENCES; GROWTH MEDIUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PURE CULTURE; SALT CONCENTRATION; SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA; WYOMING;

BACTERIOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; STRAIN RELAXATION;

BENTONITE;

BENTONITE; INOCULATION; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SURVIVAL;

DESULFOVIBRIO AFRICANUS;

EID: 72649091066     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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