Microbial iron reduction during passive in situ remediation of an acidic mine pit lake mesocosm

Limnologica

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-181

  Wendt Potthoff, Katrin ^a   Bozau, Elke ^a   Frömmichen, René ^a   Meier, Jutta ^a   Koschorreck, Matthias ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidic pit lake; Bacteria; Iron; Lusatia; Microbial Fe(III) reduction; Microbial sulfate reduction; Passive treatment; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRON; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; MESOCOSM; PROKARYOTE; SULFUR; VERTICAL PROFILE;

GERMANY; LUSATIA;

ACIDOPHILES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77649191955     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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