Evaluation of microbial biofilm communities from an Alberta oil sands tailings pond

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 240-250

  Golby, Susanne ^a   Ceri, Howard ^a   Gieg, Lisa M ^a   Chatterjee, Indranil ^a   Marques, Lyriam L R ^b   Turner, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b HydroQual Laboratories Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calgary Biofilm Device; Environmental isolates; Mixed species biofilm; Oil sands tailings pond; Pyrosequencing

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; HYDROCARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; BITUMEN; ELECTROKINESIS; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; OIL SAND; POND; TAILINGS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROBIOLOGY; OIL SPILL; POND;

ALBERTA; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; PONDS; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

ACIDOVORAX; HYDROGENOPHAGA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOFERAX; THAUERA;

EID: 83555176141     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01212.x     Document Type: Article

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