Screening of anaerobic activities in sediments of an acidic environment: Tinto River

Extremophiles

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 829-839

  Sánchez Andrea, Irene ^a,b   Rojas Ojeda, Patricia ^a   Amils, Ricardo ^b,c   Sanz, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidophile; Anaerobes; Biodiversity; Biotechnology; Metabolism; Methanogens; Molecular biology; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; METHANE; NITRATE; SULFATE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHANOBREVIBACTER; METHANOSARCINA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; SPAIN;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GRAM-POSITIVE ENDOSPORE-FORMING BACTERIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHANE; METHANOBREVIBACTER; METHANOSARCINA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; PHYLOGENY; SPAIN; SULFATES;

ALCALIGENES; ARCHAEA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; DELFTIA; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DESULFOTOMACULUM; METHANOBREVIBACTER; METHANOSARCINA; PAENIBACILLUS; SEDIMENTIBACTER;

EID: 84868340620     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-012-0478-4     Document Type: Article

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