Functional gene analysis of freshwater iron-rich flocs at circumneutral ph and isolation of a stalk-forming microaerophilic iron-oxidizing bacterium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 5283-5290

  Kato, Shingo ^a   Chan, Clara ^b   Itoh, Takashi ^a   Ohkuma, Moriya ^a  

^a RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; IRON OXIDIZING BACTERIA; METABOLIC FUNCTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; OXYGENATED ENVIRONMENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

BACTERIA; GENES; GROUNDWATER; METHANE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA;

IRON;

AUTOTROPHY; CARBON CYCLE; CLONE; COEXISTENCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FLOCCULATION; FRESHWATER; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IRON; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXYGENATION; PH;

EID: 84884245591     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03840-12     Document Type: Article

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