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Denitrifying bacteria isolated from terrestrial subsurface sediments exposed to mixed-waste contamination.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 May 2010
Green Stefan J, Prakash Om, Gihring Thomas M, Akob Denise M, Jasrotia Puja, Jardine Philip M, Watson David B, Brown Steven D, Palumbo Anthony V, Kostka Joel E
Abstract excerpt
In terrestrial subsurface environments where nitrate is a critical groundwater contaminant, few cultivated representatives are available to verify the metabolism of organisms that catalyze denitrification. In this study, five species of denitrifying bacteria from three phyla were isolated from subsurface sediments exposed to metal radionuclide and nitrate contamination as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's...
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