Microbial metal tolerance in bermuda carbonate sediments.
The recovery of aerobic heterotrophic bacteria from Bermuda carbonate sediments on metal-supplemented media varied as much as 44-fold over a 15-cm depth. Distributional relationships with sulfate-reducing bacteria and sediment character indicated that metal tolerance was a function of metal bioavailability.
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Jackson Estuarine Laboratory and Departments of Microbiology and Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824.
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