Formation of dimethyl sulfide and methanethiol in anoxic freshwater sediments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4741-4747

  Lomans, Bart P ^a   Smolders, Alfons J P ^a   Intven, Lucienne M ^a   Pol, Arjan ^a   Op Den Camp, Huub J M ^a   Van Der Drift, Chris ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFIDE; FRESH WATER; METHANETHIOL;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM; NETHERLANDS; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030862147     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.12.4741-4747.1997     Document Type: Article

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