Distribution of methanotrophic bacteria in the coastal marine sediments

Fisheries Science

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 531-536

  Nanba, Kenji ^a   Takeda, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Methane; Methane oxidation; Methanotroph; MPN

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007454793     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.65.531     Document Type: Article

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