Anaerobic methane oxidation by bacteria employing 14C-methane uncontaminated with 14C-carbon monoxide

Marine Geology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 13-23

  Harder, Jens ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

anoxic environment; early diagenesis; methane oxidation; methane sulfate transition; methanogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANOXIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; METHANE; OXIDATION;

METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM;

EID: 0030620732     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(96)00075-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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