Contribution of hydrogen to methane production and control of hydrogen concentrations in methanogenic soils and sediments

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-202

  Conrad, R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetate; CH4; Fermentation; Gibbs free energy; H2; Homoacetogenesis; K(m); Methanogenesis; Syntrophy; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; METHANE; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; PROPIONIC ACID; SULFATE;

BACTERIUM; HYDROGEN; METHANOGENESIS;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT; FERMENTATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SOIL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 0033050621     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00086-5     Document Type: Review

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