Functional microbial diversity explains groundwater chemistry in a pristine aquifer

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Flynn, Theodore M ^a,b   Sanford, Robert A ^b   Ryu, Hodon ^c   Bethke, Craig M ^b   Levine, Audrey D ^c,d   Ashbolt, Nicholas J ^c   Santo Domingo, Jorge W ^c  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; GOLD; GROUND WATER; METHANE; RNA 16S; SULFATE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; DESULFOBACTER; DESULFOBULBUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOBACTER; GEOCHEMISTRY; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOSAETA; METHANOSARCINA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; SEDIMENT; SULFATE REDUCER; THERMODYNAMICS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; ILLINOIS; METHANE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SULFATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOBACTER; DESULFOBULBUS; GEOBACTER; METHANOSAETA; METHANOSARCINA;

EID: 84879198024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-146     Document Type: Article

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