Article
Bacterial diversity in a nonsaline alkaline environment: heterotrophic aerobic populations.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 2004
Tiago Igor, Chung Ana Paula, Veríssimo António
Abstract excerpt
Heterotrophic populations were isolated and characterized from an alkaline groundwater environment generated by active serpentinization, which results in a Ca(OH)2-enriched, extremely diluted groundwater with pH 11.4. One hundred eighty-five strains were isolated in different media at different pH values during two sampling periods. To assess the degree of diversity present in the environment and to select...
Topics
- Bacteria, Aerobic
- Calcium
- Colony Count, Microbial
- Culture Media
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Fresh Water
- Genetic Variation
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype