Mineralogical, chemical and biological characterization of an anaerobic biofilm collected from a borehole in a deep gold mine in South Africa

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• gold mine 100%
• biofilm 76%
• borehole 68%
• Africa 63%
• chemical 41%
• sulfate 17%
• crystal 16%
• mineral 13%
• clone 13%
• bicarbonate 12%
• X-ray spectroscopy 12%
• library 11%
• transmission electron microscopy 11%
• water 11%
• pyrite 10%
• land surface 10%
• X-ray diffraction 9%
• sulfide 9%
• scanning electron microscopy 8%
• bacterium 7%
• gas 6%
• particle 6%
• energy 5%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• South Africa 89%
• Gold 86%
• Biofilms 83%
• Sulfates 26%
• Water 24%
• Minerals 23%
• pyrite 22%
• X-Ray Emission Spectrometry 18%
• Sulfides 16%
• X-Ray Diffraction 14%
• Ribosomal DNA 14%
• Bicarbonates 13%
• Transmission Electron Microscopy 12%
• Electron Scanning Microscopy 11%
• Gases 10%
• Clone Cells 9%
• Bacteria 8%

Chemical Compounds

• Euhedral Crystal 70%
• Mineral 68%
• Pyrite 51%
• Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy 39%
• Sulfide 33%
• Sulfate 31%
• Transmission Electron Microscopy 27%
• Surface 26%
• Scanning Electron Microscopy 25%
• X-Ray Diffraction 20%
• Amount 18%