Insights into the Global Microbial Community Structure Associated with Iron Oxyhydroxide Minerals Deposited in the Aerobic Biogeosphere

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 587-610

  Fru, Ernest Chi ^a   Piccinelli, Paul ^b   Fortin, Danielle ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

iron metabolism; iron bacteria; metal precipitation; microbial iron oxidation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; IRON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY); TRACE ELEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLIONELLACEAE;

EID: 84863468093     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2011.599474     Document Type: Article

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