Shifts in microbial community composition and function in the acidification of a lead/zinc mine tailings

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2431-2444

  Chen, Lin xing ^a   Li, Jin tian ^a   Chen, Ya ting ^a   Huang, Li nan ^a   Hua, Zheng shuang ^a   Hu, Min ^a   Shu, Wen sheng ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; LEAD; RNA 16S; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MINING; POLLUTANT;

ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; LEAD; MINING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; ZINC;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; FERROPLASMA; LEPTOSPIRILLUM; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; PROTEOBACTERIA; THIOBACILLUS; THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 84883557668     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12114     Document Type: Article

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