Phylogenetic evidence of noteworthy microflora from the subsurface of the former Homestake gold mine, Lead, South Dakota

Environmental Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 979-991

  Waddell, E J ^a   Elliott, T J ^a   Vahrenkamp, J M ^b   Roggenthen, W M ^c   Sani, R K ^a   Anderson, C M ^d   Bang, S S ^a  

^a South Dakota School of Mines and Technology   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c South Dakota School of Mines Technology   (United States)

^d BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; extremophiles; Homestake gold mine; phylogenetic microbial diversity; Thaumarchaeota

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BACTERIOLOGY; GOLD MINES; SULFUR;

16S RDNA; 16S RDNA SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL; CRENARCHAEOTA; EXTREMOPHILES; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS; PHYLOTYPES; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; WATER SAMPLES; WEATHERED SOILS;

GOLD;

AMMONIA; DNA 16S; GOLD; NITROGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR;

CLONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DNA; EXTREMOPHILE; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GOLD MINE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PROKARYOTE; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SULFUR; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CARBON FIXATION; CHROMATIALES; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA SEQUENCE; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MARINE SPECIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; MINING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SULFUR OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; THAUMARCHAEOTA; THIOTRICHALES; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING;

LEAD; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; CANDIDATUS NITROSOPUMILUS; CHROMATIALES; CRENARCHAEOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; OTUS; THIOTRICHALES;

EID: 77953708534     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593331003789511     Document Type: Article

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