Distribution of iron- and sulfate-reducing bacteria across a coastal acid sulfate soil (CASS) environment: implications for passive bioremediation by tidal inundation

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Funding Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge funding from the Australian Research Council (LP110100732) and CRC CARE Project 4.1.16.12-13/A - A National Demonstration Site for Acid Sulfate Soil Remediation. We thank Andrew Rose (Southern Cross GeoScience, Southern Cross University) and Andre Mu (School of Earth Sciences and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne) for helpful advice and Steve Wilbraham (Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts, Queensland Government, Australia) for logistical and fieldwork support. Geoff Chidlow (Curtin University) is thanked for technical support with GC-MS analyses, and Lorenz Schwark (Kiel University) is thanked for assistance with selected compound identifications.