Anaerobic reduction of ethene to ethane in an enrichment culture

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-256

  Koene Cottaar, Francis H M ^a   Schraa, Gosse ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaerobic transformation; Ethane; Ethene; Methanogen

Indexed keywords

ETHANE; ETHYLENE; METHANE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOGENESIS; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION;

EID: 0032032876     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00099-8     Document Type: Article

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