Microbial diversity and abundance in a representative small-production coal mine of central China

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3821-3829

  Wei, Min ^a   Yu, Zhisheng ^a   Zhang, Hongxun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; FERMENTATIVE BACTERIA; HIGH-QUALITY SEQUENCES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MICROBIAL ABUNDANCES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA; COAL; COAL MINES; GROUNDWATER; METHANOGENS; MINE FLOODING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

METHANE;

EID: 84880537490     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef400529f     Document Type: Article

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