Microbial community structure in an uranium-rich acid mine drainage site: implication for the biogeochemical release of uranium.

ABSTRACT: The generation of acid mine drainage (AMD) characterized by high acidity and elevated levels of toxic metals primarily results from the oxidation and dissolution of sulfide minerals facilitated by microbial catalysis. Although there has been significant research on microbial diversity and community composition in AMD, as well as the relationship between microbes and heavy metals, there remains a gap in understanding the microbial community structure in uranium-enriched AMD sites. In this paper, water samples with varying levels of uranium pollution were collected from an abandoned stone coal mine in Jiangxi Province, China during summer and winter, respectively. Geochemical and high-throughput sequencing analyses were conducted to characterize spatiotemporal variations in bacterial diversi

SUBMITTER: Wei X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11238263 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature