Enrichment of sulfate-reducing bacteria and resulting mineral formation in media mimicking pore water metal ion concentrations and pH conditions of acidic pit lakes

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-84

  Meier, Jutta ^a   Piva, Angela ^a   Fortin, Danielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Aluminum toxicity; Biogenic mineral formation; Desulfosporosinus; Iron sulfide; Thermodesulfobium

Indexed keywords

METAL; MINERAL; RNA 16S; SULFIDE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; ALUMINUM; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DETOXIFICATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ION; IRON SULFIDE; LAKE POLLUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERAL; PH; POREWATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LAKE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MINING; PH; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LAKES; METALS; MINERALS; MINING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SULFIDES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 83455198705     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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