Relation between the activity of anaerobic microbial populations in oil sands tailings ponds and the sedimentation of tailings

Chemosphere

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 663-668

  Bordenave, Sylvain ^a   Kostenko, Victoria ^a   Dutkoski, Mark ^a   Grigoryan, Aleksandr ^a   Martinuzzi, Robert J ^a   Voordouw, Gerrit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Methanogenesis; Nitrate reduction; Oil sands; Tailings ponds; Tailings sedimentation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; LAKES; METHANE; METHANOGENS; NITRATES; OIL SANDS; PONDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; METHANOGENESIS; NITRATE REDUCTION; NITRATE-REDUCING BACTERIA; NITRATE-REDUCING CONDITIONS; SULFATE-REDUCING CONDITIONS; TAILINGS POND;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRATE; OIL SAND; POND; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAILINGS; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHANE; METHYLAMINE; PETROLEUM; TRIMETHYLAMINE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANALYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHANOSARCINACEAE; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACETATES; ANAEROBIOSIS; METHANE; METHANOSARCINACEAE; METHYLAMINES; PETROLEUM; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77956986138     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.07.058     Document Type: Article

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