The ecology of acidophilic microorganisms in the corroding concrete sewer environment

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue APR, 2017, Pages

  Li, Xuan ^a   Kappler, Ulrike ^a   Jiang, Guangming ^a   Bond, Philip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acidiphilium; Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans; Acidophile; Concrete corrosion; Sewer

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ACIDOPHILE; BIOFILM; CARBON METABOLISM; CHEMOLITHOAUTOTROPH; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; CORROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PH; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWER;

EID: 85018356716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00683     Document Type: Review

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