Molecular Methods in Microbiology Research of Rocks in Mengqiguer Uranium Deposit in Yili Basin

The previous comprehensive studies indicate organic matter and microorganism have played an important even critical role in the formation of sandstone-hosted interlayer oxidation type uranium deposits in Xinjiang, NW China (e.g. Lovley et al., 1991; Zhao et al., 1998; Min et al., 2005; Geng et al., 2005). In this paper, the author focus on introducing four molecular techniques through comparison and analysis of their suitability in interlayer oxidation type sandstone uranium deposit.