Surface Coal Mining and Human Health: Evidence from West Virginia

2018 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 1109-1128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke G. Fitzpatrick
Keyword(s):  
West Virginia ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Coal Mining ◽  
Surface Coal Mining

scholarly journals Metagenome Sequences of Sediment from a Recovering Industrialized Appalachian River in West Virginia

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
David H. Huber ◽  
Ifeoma R. Ugwuanyi ◽  
Sridhar A. Malkaram ◽  
Natalia A. Montenegro-Garcia ◽  
Vadesse Lhilhi Noundou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Virginia ◽  
Coal Mining ◽  
Appalachian Mountains ◽  
Degradation Pathways ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Surface Coal Mining ◽  
Bacterial Phyla ◽  
Chemical Manufacturing ◽  
Sediment Layers ◽  
Xenobiotic Degradation

ABSTRACT We sequenced two metagenomes from upper sediment layers (0 to 5 and 6 to 10 cm) from the Kanawha River, West Virginia. The watershed includes inputs from the forested Appalachian Mountains, surface coal mining, municipal residues, and extensive chemical manufacturing. The dominant bacterial phyla were Proteobacteria , Bacteriodetes , Firmicutes , Actinobacteria , and Chloroflexi . Xenobiotic degradation pathways were present.

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