Methanogenic and Sulphate-Reducing Microbial Communities in Deep Groundwater of Crystalline Rock Fractures in Olkiluoto, Finland

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 863-878

  Nyyssönen, Mari ^a   Bomberg, Malin ^a   Kapanen, Anu ^a   Nousiainen, Aura ^a   Pitkänen, Petteri ^b   Itävaara, Merja ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b POSIVA OY   (Finland)

Author keywords

deep subsurface; Fennoscandian shield; methanogen; sulphate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; ELECTROKINESIS; FRACTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROUNDWATER; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SULFATE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

FINLAND; OLKILUOTO; SATAKUNTA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84866457734     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2011.635759     Document Type: Article

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