Use of an oxygen-insensitive microscale biosensor for methane to measure methane concentration profiles in a rice paddy

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 864-870

  Damgaard, Lars R ^a   Revsbech, Niels Peter ^a   Reichardt, Wolfgang ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BENTHOS; BIOSENSOR; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RICE;

EID: 0031931874     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.3.864-870.1998     Document Type: Article

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