Microbial Community Composition in Acid Mine Drainage Lake of Xiang Mountain Sulfide Mine in Anhui Province, China

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 886-895

  Hao, Chunbo ^a,b   Zhang, Lina ^a,b   Wang, Lihua ^a,b   Li, Siyuan ^a,b   Dong, Hailiang ^a,c  

^a China University of Geosciences   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; acid mine drainage; acidophile; clone library; Cyanobacteria

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDOPHILY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RNA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SULFIDE;

ANHUI; CHINA; XIANG LAKE; ZHEJIANG;

ACIDIPHILIUM; ACIDISPHAERA; ACIDOPHILES; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; CYANOBACTERIA; LEGIONELLA;

EID: 84866450532     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2011.635762     Document Type: Article

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