Bacterial communities in Bangladesh aquifers differing in aqueous arsenic concentration

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 198-211

  Sultana, Munawar ^a   Härtig, Cornelia ^b   Planer Friedrich, Britta ^b   Seifert, Jana ^a,c   Schlömann, Michael ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic contamination; As(III) oxidation; Bangladesh; Microbial community analysis; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; REDOX CONDITIONS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BANGLADESH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS; ELIZABETHKINGIA; MICROBACTERIUM; PANTOEA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 79953222213     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2010.490078     Document Type: Article

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