Difluoromethane, a new and improved inhibitor of methanotrophy

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4357-4362

  Miller, Laurence G ^a   Sasson, Caleb ^a   Oremland, Ronald S ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; DIFLUOROMETHANE; FLUOROMETHANE; METHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; SOLUBILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031763334     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.11.4357-4362.1998     Document Type: Article

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