Carbon, metals and grain size correlate with bacterial community composition in sediments of a high arsenic aquifer

Carbon, metals and grain size correlate with bacterial community composition in sediments of a high arsenic aquifer

Bacterial communities can exert significant influence on the biogeochemical cycling of arsenic (As). This has globally important implications since As toxicity in drinking water affects the health of millions of people worldwide, including in the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta region of Bangladesh where g...

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Main Authors: Teresa eLegg, Yan eZheng, Bailey eSimone, Kathleen A. Radloff, Natalie eMladenov, Antonio eGonzález Peña, Dan eKnights, Hosea eSiu, M. Moshiur Rahman, K. Matin Ahmed, Diane M. McKnight, Diana R. Nemergut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Arsenic
Bacteria
Chloroflexi
Deltaproteobacteria
pyrosequencing
aquifer
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00082/full

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