Influence of microbially reducible Fe(III) on the bacterial community structure of estuarine surface sediments

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 292-302

  Cummings, David E ^a   Zimmerman, Amy E ^b   Unruh, Kelsey R ^c   Spring, Stefan ^d  

^a POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Fe(III) reducing bacteria; Microbial diversity; Microbial ecology; Wetland sediments

Indexed keywords

CLONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROCOSM; MICROORGANISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REDOX CONDITIONS; RNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

CALIFORNIA; TIJUANA ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CYANOBACTERIA; DESULFOBACTERIUM; DESULFUROMUSA; HALOCHROMATIUM; MARINOBACTERIUM; MICROCOLEUS; PHORMIDIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; SHEWANELLA;

EID: 77952944382     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450903410456     Document Type: Article

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