Molecular analysis of the In situ growth rates of subsurface geobacter species

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1646-1653

  Holmes, Dawn E ^a   Giloteaux, Ludovic ^b   Barlett, Melissa ^b   Chavan, Milind A ^b   Smith, Jessica A ^b   Williams, Kenneth H ^c,e   Wilkins, Michael ^c   Long, Philip ^d,e   Lovley, Derek R ^b  

^a WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ABUNDANCE; CELL NUMBER; EXPRESSION PATTERNS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENES ENCODING; GEOBACTER; IN-SITU GROWTH; METAL REDUCTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR TOOLS; Q-RT-PCR; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SOLID PHASIS; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE;

BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; GENES; GROUNDWATER; TRANSCRIPTION; URANIUM; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

GROWTH RATE;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL DNA; GROUND WATER; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; URANIUM;

ABUNDANCE; BIOREMEDIATION; CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GEOBACTER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ACETATES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GEOBACTER; GROUNDWATER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URANIUM;

EID: 84874738811     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03263-12     Document Type: Article

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