Evidence for methanogenic Archaea and homoacetogenic Bacteria in deep granitic rock aquifers

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 339-349

  Kotelnikova, Svetlana ^a   Pedersen, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deep subsurface; Homoacetogen; Hydrogen; Methane; Methanobacterium; Methanohalophilu s; Methanosarcina

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; NONHUMAN; ROCK;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOHALOPHILUS; METHANOSARCINA;

EID: 0030824630     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(97)00016-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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