Reminiscences from a career in geomicrobiology

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-21

  Ehrlich, Henry L ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bauxite interactions; Chromate reduction; Metal sulfide oxidation; Mn(II) oxidation; Mn(IV) reduction

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHIC BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INTERACTIONS; CHROMATE REDUCTIONS; COAL MINE DRAINAGE; FACULTY MEMBERS; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; GERMANY; GRADUATE SCHOOLS; METAL SULFIDES; NEW YORK; PROFESSIONAL CAREERS; RENSSELAER;

CHROMATES; COAL MINES; EMPLOYMENT; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MICROBIOLOGY; TEACHING;

MANGANESE;

ACIDOPHILY; BACTERIUM; BAUXITE; BIOGRAPHY; CHROMATE; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; IRON; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SULFIDE; SULFUR; TEACHING; TEXTBOOK;

GERMANY; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84860504148     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-042711-105342     Document Type: Article

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