| Main Title |
Quantitative Characterization of Microbial Biomass and Community Structure in Subsurface Material: A Prokaryotic Consortium Responsive to Organic Contamination. |
| Author |
Smith, G. A. ;
Nickels, J. S. ;
Kerger, B. D. ;
Davis, J. D. ;
Collins, S. P. ;
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| CORP Author |
Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK. ;Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Dept. of Biological Science. |
| Year Published |
1986 |
| Report Number |
EPA/600/J-86/066; |
| Stock Number |
PB86-212586 |
| Additional Subjects |
Biomass ;
Water pollution ;
Sediments ;
Microorganisms ;
Fatty acids ;
Bacteria ;
Polysaccharides ;
Biosynthesis ;
Ground water ;
Stress(Physiology) ;
Reprints ;
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
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| NTIS |
PB86-212586 |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
9p |
| Abstract |
Application of quantitative methods for microbial biomass, community structure, and nutritional status to the subsurface samples collected with careful attention to contamination reveals a group of microbes. The microbiota are sparse by several measures of biomass compared to surface sediments and soils. The community structure as characterized by the patterns of ester-linked fatty acids from the phospholipids shows an absence of long chain polyenoic fatty acids typical if microeukaryotes and with high proportions of fatty acids typical of bacteria. Subsurface samples contain a higher proportion of glycerol teichoic acids than surface samples. Microbes in uncontaminated subsurface sediments show nutritional stress as evidenced by high levels of poly beta-hydroxybutyrate and extracellular polysaccharides. |
| Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Canadian Jnl. of Microbiology, v32 p104-111 Feb 86. Prepared in cooperation with Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Dept. of Biological Science. |
| NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
| Title Annotations |
Reprint: Quantitative Characterization of Microbial Biomass and Community Structure in Subsurface Material: A Prokaryotic Consortium Responsive to Organic Contamination. |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c1986 |
| Category Codes |
8M; 8H; 68D; 57K; 48G |
| NTIS Prices |
PC A02/MF A01 |
| Primary Description |
600/15 |
| Document Type |
NT |
| Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
| Control Number |
624111566 |
| Origin |
NTIS |
| Type |
CAT |
