Assessing Impacts of Unconventional Natural Gas Extraction on Microbial Communities in Headwater Stream Ecosystems in Northwestern Pennsylvania

Assessing Impacts of Unconventional Natural Gas Extraction on Microbial Communities in Headwater Stream Ecosystems in Northwestern Pennsylvania

Hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling have increased dramatically in Pennsylvania Marcellus shale formations, however the potential for major environmental impacts are still incompletely understood. High-throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene was performed to characterize the microbial co...

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Main Authors: Ryan eTrexler, Caroline eSolomon, Colin J Brislawn, Justin R Wright, Abigail eRosenberger, Erin E McClure, Alyssa M Grube, Mark P Peterson, Mehdi eKeddache, Olivia eMason, Terry C Hazen, Christopher J Grant, Regina eLamendella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
next generation sequencing
16S rRNA gene sequencing
beta diversity
methanotrophs
fracking
marcellus shale
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00522/full

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