Anoxic iron cycling bacteria from an iron sulfide-and nitrate-rich freshwater environment

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2012, Pages

  Haaijer, Suzanne C M ^a   Crienen, Gijs ^a   Jetten, Mike S M ^a   Op den Camp, Huub J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clone library; Cultivation; FISH; Freshwater anoxic iron bacteria; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875612344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00026     Document Type: Article

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