Groundwater ecosystem services: a review

C Griebler, M Avramov - Freshwater Science, 2015‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
Our daily life depends on many services delivered by the planet's ecosystems. Groundwater
ecosystems deliver services that are of immense societal and economic value, such as: 1) …

Contemporary environmental issues of landfill leachate: assessment and remedies

S Mukherjee, S Mukhopadhyay… - Critical reviews in …, 2015‏ - Taylor & Francis
Landfills are the primary option for waste disposal all over the world. Most of the landfill sites
across the world are old and are not engineered to prevent contamination of the underlying …

Microbial sulphate reduction at a low pH

M Koschorreck - FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2008‏ - academic.oup.com
It is now well established that microbial sulphate-reduction can proceed in environments
with a pH< 5. This review summarizes existing reports on sulphate reduction at low pH and …

Environmental assessment of abandoned mine tailings in Adak, Västerbotten district (northern Sweden)

A Bhattacharya, J Routh, G Jacks, P Bhattacharya… - Applied …, 2006‏ - Elsevier
Sulfide-rich mine tailings in Adak that are exposed to weathering cause acid mine drainage
characterized by low pH (2–4) and high SO4 (up to 800mgL− 1). Surface water, sediment …

Methyl-compound use and slow growth characterize microbial life in 2-km-deep subseafloor coal and shale beds

E Trembath-Reichert, Y Morono, A Ijiri… - Proceedings of the …, 2017‏ - pnas.org
The past decade of scientific ocean drilling has revealed seemingly ubiquitous, slow-
growing microbial life within a range of deep biosphere habitats. Integrated Ocean Drilling …

[PDF][PDF] Observations on the biodiversity of sulfidic karst habitats

AS Engel - Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 2007‏ - legacy.caves.org
Recognition of the metabolic process of chemosynthesis has recently overthrown the
ecological dogma that all life on earth is dependent on sunlight. In complete darkness …

High-resolution monitoring of biogeochemical gradients in a tar oil-contaminated aquifer

B Anneser, F Einsiedl, RU Meckenstock, L Richters… - Applied …, 2008‏ - Elsevier
The detailed understanding of in situ biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in porous
aquifers requires knowledge on biogeochemical gradients, the distribution of individual …

Prokaryotic populations and activities in an interbedded coal deposit, including a previously deeply buried section (1.6–2.3 km) above∼ 150 Ma basement rock

JC Fry, B Horsfield, R Sykes, BA Cragg… - Geomicrobiology …, 2009‏ - Taylor & Francis
A largely terrestrial, lignite/coal-bearing, 148 m core from the Waikato Basin, New Zealand,
was studied, with a multidisciplinary approach, for subsurface microbiology. The top≈ 76 m …

High resolution analysis of contaminated aquifer sediments and groundwater—what can be learned in terms of natural attenuation?

B Anneser, G Pilloni, A Bayer, T Lueders… - Geomicrobiology …, 2010‏ - Taylor & Francis
High-resolution depth-resolved monitoring was applied to groundwater and sediments
samples in a tar oil contaminated aquifer. Today, it is not fully clear, whether groundwater …

Metal Reduction at Low pH by a Desulfosporosinus species: Implications for the Biological Treatment of Acidic Mine Drainage

JM Senko, G Zhang, JT McDonough… - Geomicrobiology …, 2009‏ - Taylor & Francis
We isolated an acid-tolerant sulfate-reducing bacterium, GBSRB4. 2, from coal mine-derived
acidic mine drainage (AMD)-derived sediments. Sequence analysis of partial 16S rRNA …