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SUBMITTER: Mendez MO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2446573 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mendez Monica O MO Neilson Julia W JW Maier Raina M RM
Applied and environmental microbiology 20080418 12
Bacterial diversity in mine tailing microbial communities has not been thoroughly investigated despite the correlations that have been observed between the relative microbial diversity and the success of revegetation efforts at tailing sites. This study employed phylogenetic analyses of 16S rRNA genes to compare the bacterial communities present in highly disturbed, extremely (pH 2.7) and moderately (pH 5.7) acidic lead-zinc mine tailing samples from a semiarid environment with those from a vege ...[more]