November 1, 2003
Journal Article

Indigenous and Contaminant Microbes in Ultradeep Mines

Abstract

Rock, air and service water samples were collected for microbial analyses from 3.2 kilometers depth in a working Au mine in the Witwatersrand basin, South Africa.

Revised: November 10, 2005 | Published: November 1, 2003

Citation

Onstott T.C., D.P. Moser, S. Pfiffner, J.K. Fredrickson, F.J. Brockman, T.J. Phelps, and D.C. White, et al. 2003. Indigenous and Contaminant Microbes in Ultradeep Mines. Environmental Microbiology 5, no. 11:1168-1191. PNWD-SA-6149.