Carbon and sulfur cycling by microbial communities in a gypsum-treated oil sands tailings pond

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 439-446

  Ramos Padrón, Esther ^a   Bordenave, Sylvain ^a   Lin, Shiping ^a   Bhaskar, Iyswarya Mani ^a   Dong, Xiaoli ^a   Sensen, Christoph W ^a   Fournier, Joseph ^b   Voordouw, Gerrit ^a   Gieg, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b SUNCOR ENERGY INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RDNA; AEROBIC SURFACES; BITUMEN EXTRACTION; GAS PRODUCTIONS; GENE SEQUENCES; HIGH SOLUBILITY; IN-SITU; LIQUID WASTES; METHANE EMISSIONS; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; OIL SANDS TAILINGS; PYROSEQUENCING; SOLIDS CONTENT; SULFATE REDUCTION; TAILINGS POND;

GYPSUM; METHANE; METHANOGENS; OIL SANDS; ORE TAILINGS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SULFUR; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING;

LAKES;

ACETIC ACID; CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBON; DNA 16S; HYDROCARBON; IRON; RIBOSOME DNA; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER;

BACTERIUM; BITUMEN; CARBON CYCLE; GAS PRODUCTION; GYPSUM; LABORATORY METHOD; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OIL SAND; OXIDATION; POND; SULFUR CYCLE; SURFACE WATER; TAILINGS;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CARBON CYCLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESULFOCAPSA; DESULFURIVIBRIO; GENE SEQUENCE; INHIBITION KINETICS; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; MINE TAILINGS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PELOTOMACULUM; POND; SAND; SMITHELLA; SOIL TREATMENT; SOLUBILITY; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR CYCLING; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTROPHUS;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FRESH WATER; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PETROLEUM; PHYLOGENY; SULFUR; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

DESULFOCAPSA; PELOTOMACULUM; SMITHELLA; SYNTROPHUS;

EID: 78651394772     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1028487     Document Type: Article

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