Distribution of microbial biomass and potential for anaerobic respiration in hanford site 300 area subsurface sediment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 759-767

  Lin, Xueju ^a,b   Kennedy, David ^a   Peacock, Aaron ^c   Mckinley, James ^a   Resch, Charles T ^a   Fredrickson, James ^a   Konopka, Allan ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HALEY AND ALDRICH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION; COARSE-GRAINED; DESULFOTOMACULUM; DISCRETE SAMPLE; GEOLOGICAL UNITS; HANFORD; HANFORD SITE; MICROBIAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; NITROUS OXIDE; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; REDOX CYCLING; REDOX GRADIENTS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEQUENCE SIMILARITY; SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS; WASHINGTON STATE;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; GROUNDWATER; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIC SEDIMENTS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

BACTERIAL DNA; NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; BOREHOLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROUS OXIDE; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIONUCLIDE; REAL TIME; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TRANSFORMATION;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WASHINGTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

HANFORD; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; DESULFOTOMACULUM; GEOBACTERACEAE; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI;

EID: 84856203391     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07404-11     Document Type: Article

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