Biodiversity and geochemistry of an extremely acidic, low-temperature subterranean environment sustained by chemolithotrophy

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2092-2104

  Kimura, Sakurako ^a,b   Bryan, Christopher G ^a,c   Hallberg, Kevin B ^a   Johnson, D Barrie ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MITSUI CHEMICALS INC   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; RNA 16S; WATER;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CLASSIFICATION; COLD; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MINING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACIDS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; COLD TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MINING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WALES; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GALLIONELLA; GALLIONELLA FERRUGINEA; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; RALSTONIA PICKETTII; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 79958095314     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02434.x     Document Type: Article

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