Microbially enhanced dissolution of HgS in an acid mine drainage system in the California Coast Range

Geobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-33

  Jew, A D ^a   Behrens, S F ^b   Rytuba, J J ^c   Kappler, A ^b   Spormann, A M ^d   Brown, G E ^a,d,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CINNABAR; DISSOLUTION; GENE; INCUBATION; IRON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; MINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLUBILITY; TAILINGS; WASTE;

CALIFORNIA; IDRIA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOSPIRILLALES; THIOMONAS;

BACTERIAL DNA; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; MERCURY SULFIDE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; BIOTA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CALIFORNIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84890189455     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12066     Document Type: Article

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