Distribution and activity of methanogens and homoacetogens in deep granitic aquifers at Aspo Hard Rock Laboratory, Sweden

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-134

  Kotelnikova, Svetlana ^a,b   Pedersen, Karsten ^b  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autotrophy; Deep Biosphere; Hydrogen; Litotrophy; Methane; Subsurface

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN; METHANE;

ACETOGENIC BACTERIA; AQUIFER; BACTERIA; METHANOGENIC BACTERIA;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOSPHERE; FOOD CHAIN; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; METHANOBACTERIUM; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; ROCK; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE;

SWEDEN, ASPO;

EID: 0031843517     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00028-2     Document Type: Article

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