Microbial diversity in anaerobic sediments at Río Tinto, a naturally acidic environment with a high heavy metal content

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 6085-6093

  Sánchez Andrea, Irene ^a,b   Rodríguez, Nuria ^c   Amils, Ricardo ^a,b,c   Sanz, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT; ACIDIC MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDIC PH; ACIDIPHILIUM; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACTINOBACTERIA; ANAEROBIC SEDIMENT; ARCHAEA; BACILLUS SPP; CLONE LIBRARY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; FERRIC IRON; FIRMICUTES; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOTAS; OXIDIZING LAYER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RAREFACTION CURVE; RIVER BASINS; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFOBACILLUS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CATCHMENTS; CLONING; ECOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY WATER; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; RNA; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR;

BACTERIA;

ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL RNA; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; ACIDOPHILY; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTROKINESIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HEAVY METAL; IRON; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIVER BASIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SULFATE; TAXONOMY;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RIVER; RNA GENE; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPAIN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPAIN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ANDALUCIA; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; SPAIN; TINTO RIVER;

ACIDIPHILIUM; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDOBACTERIA; ACIDOBACTERIUM; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CLOSTRIDIUM; DESULFOSPOROSINUS; DESULFURELLA; FERROPLASMA; FIRMICUTES; PROTEOBACTERIA; SULFOBACILLUS; THERMODESULFOBIUM; THERMOPLASMATALES;

EID: 80052719172     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00654-11     Document Type: Article

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