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Diversity and abundance of bacteria in an underground oil-storage cavity.
BMC microbiology - 28 Aug 2002
Watanabe Kazuya, Kodama Yumiko, Kaku Nobuo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Microorganisms inhabiting subterranean oil fields have recently attracted much attention. Since intact groundwater can easily be obtained from the bottom of underground oil-storage cavities without contamination by surface water, studies on such oil-storage cavities are expected to provide valuable information to understand microbial ecology of subterranean oil fields. RESULTS: DNA was extracted from...
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