Historic mine waste contains diverse microbial communities that reflect waste type and geochemistry
Mackenzie B. Best, Zohreh Kazemi Motlagh, Virginia T. McLemore, Daniel S. Jones
The paper analyzes microbial communities in historic mine waste to assess their composition, activity, and geochemical associations, finding that they are dominated by inorganic nitrogen- and carbon-oxidizing taxa and contain rare iron and sulfur-cycling organisms.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology · Jul 24, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology