Sulfide formation in freshwater sediments, by sulfate-reducing microorganisms with diverse tolerance to salt

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 134-139

  Rees, Gavin N ^a   Baldwin, Darren S ^a   Watson, Garth O ^a   Hall, Karina C ^a  

^a MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Freshwater wetlands; Salinisation; Sediment; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ACID VOLATILE SULFIDES; ADDED SALT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; COMPARATIVE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; FRESHWATER WETLANDS; INORGANIC MINERAL; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; MESOCOSMS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIOTAS; POTENTIAL HARM; RE-OXIDATION; SALINISATION; SULFATE REDUCING; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFATE-REDUCER; SULFIDE FORMATION; SULFITE REDUCTASE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CHROMIUM; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY; WETLANDS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

FERROUS SULFIDE; SULFIDE; SULFITE REDUCTASE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIDATION; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; SALT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOBULBACEAE; DESULFOTOMACULUM; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT TOLERANCE; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; SYNTROPHOBACTERACEAE; WETLAND;

BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SALT-TOLERANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFIDES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78149356962     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.08.062     Document Type: Article

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