2,6,10,15,19-Pentamethylicosenes in Methanolobus bombayensis, a marine methanogenic archaeon, and in Methanosarcina mazei

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 409-414

  Schouten, Stefan ^a   Van Der Maarel, Marc J E C ^b   Huber, Robert ^c   Damsté, Jaap S Sinninghe ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

2,6,10,15,19 pentamethylicosane; Archaeal biomarkers; Methanogenic archaea; Methanolobus bombayensis; Methanosarcina mazei

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL BIOMARKERS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA;

METHANOGENS; OLEFINS; SEDIMENTS; UNDERWATER SOILS;

BIOMARKERS;

BIOMARKER; BIOMARKERS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANOGENESIS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PENTAMETHYLICOSENE;

EID: 0031103937     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00011-9     Document Type: Article

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