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ISSN 0149-0451 beomicrobiolagy Volume 12 Joumal= . comsf ll | beomicrobiology and Microbial Biogeochemistry ly Taylor &Francis Publishers since 1798 GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Tom Fenchel Kevin C. Marshall Henry L. Ehrlich University of Copenhagen University of New South Wales Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Helsinggr, Denmark Kensington, N.S.W., Australia Troy, NY William C. Ghiorse Richard Y. Morita EDITOR FOR EUROPE Cornell University Oregon State University Wolfgang E. Krumbein Ithaca, NY Corvallis, OR University of Oldenburg V. M. Gorlenko Ronald S. Oremland Oldenburg, Germany Institute of Microbiology U.S. Geological Survey EDITOR FOR AUSTRALASIA Moscow, Russia Menlo Park, CA John Bauld Ralf O. Hallberg J. William Schopf Bureau of Mineral Resources University of Stockholm University of California Canberra, A.C.T., Australia Stockholm, Sweden Los Angeles, CA FOUNDING EDITOR Akihiko Hattori John J. Skujins Claude E. 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Journals the publisher, the editor, or the editorial board of the quality or value of are sent by air to the USA, Canada, Mexico, India, Japan, and the product advertised or of the claims made for it by its manufacturer. Australasia at no extra cost. Subscriptions are entered on an annual Printed on acid-free paper, effective with Volume 10, Number 1, basis, i.e., January to December. Payment may be made by sterling 1992. check, dollar check, international money order, National Girc, or Copyright © 1994 Taylor & Francis credit card (AMEX, VISA, Mastercard/ Access). Printed by Burgess Science Press, Basingstoke, England GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL Volume 12, Number | 1994 Contents Precipitation of Carbonate Minerals by Microorganisms: Implications for Silicate Weathering and the Global Carbon Dioxide Budget F. G. Ferris, R. G. Wiese, and W. S. Fyfe Cyanobacterial Sulfate Accumulation from Black Crust of a Historic Building J. J. Ortega-Calvo, X. Arino, L. J. Stal, and C. Saiz-Jimenez........ 15 Protists from a Sewage-Contaminated Aquifer on Cape Cod, Massachusetts Gianfranco Novarino, Alan Warren, Nancy E. Kinner, and Ronald W. Harvey Heterogeneity of Deep Subsurface Microorganisms and Correlations to Hydrogeological and Geochemical Parameters Charles E. Russell, Roger Jacobson, Dana L. Haldeman, and Penny S. Amy Anaerobic Corrosion and Bacterial Sulfate Reduction: Application for the Purification of Industrial Wastewater Vladislav Somlev and Sava Tishkov Further Readings in Geomicrobiology Meeting Announcement GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL Volume 12, Number 2 1994 Contents Participation of Halobacteria in Crystal Formation and the Crystallization Rate of NaCl Alejandro Lopez-Cortes, Jose-Luis Ochoa, and Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt 69 Effects of pH and Phosphate on the Production of Struvite by Myxococcus xanthus N. Ben Omar, M. Entrena, M. T. Gonzalez-Muinioz, J. M. Arias, and F. Huertas Accumulation of Gold in the Sheath of Plectonema terebrans (Filamentous Marine Cyanobacteria) Betsey D. Dyer, Wolfgang E. Krumbein, and David J. Mossman Comparison of the Microbiota Recovered from Surface and Deep Subsurface Rock, Water, and Soil along an Elevational Gradient Dana L. Haldeman, Beth J. Pitonzo, Sandra P. Story, and Penny S. Amy 99 Isotope Fractionation During Ammonium Uptake by Marine Microbial Assemblages Matthew P. Hoch, Marilyn L. Fogel, and David L. Kirchman Further Readings in Geomicrobiology Pr GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL Volume 12, Number 3 1994 Contents Special Issue: Breakthroughs in Karst Geomicrobiology and Redox Geochemistry Foreword Karst Geomicrobiology and Redox Geochemistry: State of the Science Janet S. Herman Biogeochemical Ecology of Thiothrix spp. in Underwater Limestone Caves R. L. Brigmon, H. W. Martin, T. L. Morris, G. Bitton, and S.G. Zam_ 141 Microbiological Activity in Thermoglacial Karst Springs, South Spitsbergen Stein-Erik Lauritzen and Simon Bottrell Microbiological Characterization of a Sulfide-Rich Groundwater Ecosystem S. M. Sarbu, B. K. Kinkle, L. Vlasceanu, T. C. Kane, and R. Popa. . Amino Acid Composition of Stromatolitic Stalagmites Julia M. James, Emilios Patsalides, and Guy Cox Anaerobic Transformation of Organosulfur Compounds in Microbial Mats from Octopus Spring D. L. Stoner, N. S. Burbank, and K. S. Miller General Article Relationships Between Aquifer Properties and Microbial Populations in the Borden Aquifer Susan Elizabeth Barbaro, Hans-Jorgen Albrechtsen, Bjorn K. Jensen, Colin I. Mayfield, and James F. Barker Further Readings in Geomicrobiology Meeting Announcements GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL Volume 12, Number 4 1994 Contents Acknowledgments Effect of Microbial and Other Naturally Occurring Polymers on Mineral Dissolution Susan A. Welch and Philippe Vandevivere Formation of Laminate Travertines at Bagno Vignone, Italy Allan Pentecost Distribution of Bacteria, Estimated by a Viable Count Method, and Heterotrophic Activity in Different Size Fractions of Aquifer Sediment Hans-J¢rgen Albrechtsen Soil Management Factors Affecting Volatilization of Selenium from Dewatered Sediments W. T. Frankenberger, Jr., and Ulrich Karlson Production of Syngenetic Minerals with Struvite by Myxococcus coralloides D Maria Teresa Gonzalez-Muiioz, Manuel Entrena, Nabil Ben Omar, Francisco Huertas, and José Maria Arias Solubilization of Coal by Biosurfactant Derived from Candida bombicola Cynthia R. Breckenridge and J. Kevin Polman Book Review Further Readings in Geomicrobiology Meeting Announcement Following Page 295: Title Page to Volume 12 Contents of Volume 12 Author Index to Volume 12