Ecophysiology of Fe-cycling bacteria in acidic sediments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 8174-8183

  Lu, Shipeng ^a   Gischkat, Stefan ^a   Reiche, Marco ^a   Akob, Denise M ^a   Hallberg, Kevin B ^b   Küsel, Kirsten ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT; ACIDIC ZONES; ACIDIPHILIUM; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; CLONE LIBRARY; CLONE SEQUENCES; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FE REDUCTIONS; FIRMICUTES; FUNCTIONAL LINKS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE COPY NUMBER; GEOBACTER; IN-SITU; ISOLATED STRAINS; NEW SPECIES; PH VALUE; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SCHWERTMANNITE; SEDIMENT DEPTH;

BACTERIOLOGY; CLONING; ECOLOGY; IRON OXIDES; LAKES; LIGNITE MINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BACTERIA;

ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; IRON; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ACIDITY; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CULTIVATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; IRON OXIDE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LIGNITE; NEW SPECIES; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT;

ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACIDIPHILIUM; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDOBACTERIUM; ACIDOCELLA; ACIDOPHILES; ALICYCLOBACILLUS; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DYELLA; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOBACTER;

EID: 78650409281     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01931-10     Document Type: Article

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