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Distribution and diversity of halophilic bacteria in a subsurface salt formation.
Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions - 1 Aug 1998
Vreeland R H, Piselli A F, McDonnough S, Meyers S S
Abstract excerpt
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is a salt mine constructed 650 meters below the ground surface by the United States Department of Energy. The facility will be used for permanent disposal of transuranic wastes. This underground repository has been constructed in the geologically stable Permian age Salado salt formation. Of the wastes to be placed into the facility, 85% will be biodegradable cellulose. A...
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