Evidence for isotopic exchange during metabolism of stable-isotope- labeled formate in a methanogenic sediment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3535-3537

  De Graaf, Wim ^a   Cappenberg, Thomas E ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; FERMENTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0029786919     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3535-3537.1996     Document Type: Article

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