Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus isolated from North Sea oil field reservoir water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 728-731

  Nilsen, Roald Kåre ^a,b   Torsvik, Terje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM STAINING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0030053143     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.2.728-731.1996     Document Type: Article

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