Quantifying heavy metals sequestration by sulfate-reducing bacteria in an acid mine drainage-contaminated natural wetland

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Moreau, John W ^a   Fournelle, John H ^b   Banfield, Jillian F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Bacterial sulfate reduction; Bioremediation; Electron microprobe; Heavy metals; Metal sulfides; Sulfate reducing bacteria; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HARNESS;

EID: 84875901246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00043     Document Type: Article

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