Prokaryote content in groundwater from deep aquifers and formation water from petroleum deposits

Range 1,000 to 1,000,000 Cells/ml
Organism prokaryote
Reference William B. Whitman,*† David C. Coleman,‡ and William J. Wiebe. Prokaryotes: The unseen majority. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 June 9 95(12): 6578–6583. p.6578 right column 4th paragraphPubMed ID9618454
Primary Source Nilsen RK, Beeder J, Thorstenson T, Torsvik T. Distribution of thermophilic marine sulfate reducers in north sea oil field waters and oil reservoirs. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1996 May62(5):1793-8. AND Pedersen, K. (1993) Earth-Sci. Rev. 34, 243–260.PubMed ID16535321
Comments "groundwater from deep aquifers and formation water from petroleum deposits contain 10^3–10^6 prokaryotic cells/ml (primary sources)."
Entered by Uri M
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