Microbial diversity and impact on carbonate geochemistry across a changing geochemical gradient in a karst aquifer

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 325-337

  Gray, Cassie J ^a,b,c   Engel, Annette S ^a,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

carbonate; Edwards Aquifer; geomicrobiology; groundwater; karst; microcosms

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; DOLOMITE; FRESH WATER; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL; RNA 16S;

AQUIFER; CARBONATE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOCHEMISTRY; KARST; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; RNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GEOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; MAGNESIUM; MINERALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TEXAS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EDWARDS AQUIFER; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873056555     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.105     Document Type: Article

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