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Exploring the Root Microbiome: Extracting Bacterial Community Data from the Soil, Rhizosphere, and Root Endosphere
Published on: May 2, 2018
High-throughput amplicon sequencing reveals distinct communities within a corroding concrete sewer system
Barry I Cayford1, Paul G Dennis, Jurg Keller
1Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia. b.cayford@uq.ed.au
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|July 31, 2012
Abstract:
Microbially induced concrete corrosion (MICC) is an important problem in sewers. Here, small-subunit (SSU) rRNA gene amplicon pyrosequencing was used to characterize MICC communities. Microbial community composition differed between wall- and ceiling-associated MICC layers. Acidithiobacillus spp. were present at low abundances, and the communities were dominated by other sulfur-oxidizing-associated lineages.

