Life in the slow lane: Activities of microorganisms in the subsurface

The Microbiology of the Terrestrial Deep Subsurface

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 137-164

  Kieft, Thomas L ^a   Phelps, Tommy J ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Aquifers; Aquitards; Bioremediation; Chemoautotrophy; Coastal plain sediments; Denitrification; Diglyceride fatty acids (dgfas); Direct viable counts; Enrichment cultures; Enzyme assays; Fermentation; Geochemical modeling aerobic heterotrophs; Hydrogen oxidizing bacteria; In situ activities; Int (iodonitrotetrazolium chloride); Iron reduction; Iron oxidizing bacteria; Live dead baclight; Methanogenesis; Microautoradiography; Microcosms; Nalidixic acid; Nitrous oxide; Nutrient limitation; Paleosols; Phospholipid fatty acids (plfas); Radiotracers; Rrna probes; Sandstones; Savannah river site; Shales; Sulfate reduction; Trichloroethylene (tce); Triethyl phosphate (tep); Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 85054255383     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781351074568     Document Type: Chapter

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