Biogeochemical processes in a clay formation in situ experiment: Part D - Microbial analyses - Synthesis of results

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 980-989

  Stroes Gascoyne, S ^a   Sergeant, C ^b   Schippers, A ^c   Hamon, C J ^a   Neble S ^b,d   Vesvres, M H ^b   Barsotti, V ^b   Poulain, S ^b,e   Le Marrec, C ^f  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES NUCLÉAIRES DE BORDEAUX GRADIGNAN   (France)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTER INITIATION; ANAEROBIC ORGANISMS; ARCHAEA; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BOREHOLE WATER; CLAY FORMATION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NON-STERILE CONDITION; NUTRIENT CONTAMINATION; OPALINUS CLAY; ORGANIC MATTER; OVERCORE SAMPLES; PORE WATERS; PORE-WATER CHEMISTRY; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; REDUCING ENVIRONMENT; SEM; XRD;

ACETONE; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CORE SAMPLES; GLYCEROL; IRON COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EXPERIMENTS;

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOREHOLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; CLAY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HETEROTROPHY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; IRON; LABORATORY METHOD; LICHEN; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; POREWATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PYRITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SULFATE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

JURA [SWITZERLAND]; MONT TERRI; SWITZERLAND;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALDANAEROCELLA COLOMBIENSIS; DESULFOSPOROSINUS; HYPHOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; TRICHOCOCCUS;

EID: 79955813728     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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