Two temperature optima of methane production in a typical soil of the Elbe river marshland

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-153

  Wagner, Dirk ^a   Pfeiffer, Eva Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

acetate; hydrogen; marsh soil; methane production; most probable number counts; soil core; temperature

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; HYDROGEN; METHANE; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GERMANY; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0031038484     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(96)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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