Ammonium addition inhibits 13C-methane incorporation into methanotroph membrane lipids in a freshwater sediment

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-89

  Nold, Stephen C ^a   Boschker, Henricus T S ^a   Pel, Roel ^a   Laanbroek, Hendrikus J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Freshwater; Lipid; Methane; Sediment; Stable carbon isotope

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON 13; MEMBRANE LIPID; METHANE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; LAKE; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0032921788     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00002-1     Document Type: Article

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