Gene expression correlates with process rates quantified for sulfate-and Fe(III)-reducing bacteria in U(VI)-contaminated sediments

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  Akob, Denise M ^a,c   Lee, Sang Hyon ^b   Sheth, Mili ^b   Küsel, Kirsten ^c   Watson, David B ^d   Palumbo, Anthony V ^d   Kostka, Joel E ^a,e   Chin, Kuk Jeong ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active metal reducing bacteria; Active sulfate reducing bacteria; Transcript level; Uranium reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875763033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00280     Document Type: Article

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