High purity 14CH4 generation using the thermophilic acetotrophic methanogen Methanothrix sp. strain CALS-1

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-156

  Miller, Daniel N ^a,b   Ghiorse, W C ^a   Zinder, Stephen H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Methane consumption; Methanogenesis; Radioactive

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; METHANE; ACETIC ACID; CARBON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG PURITY; FERMENTATION; METHANOBACTERIALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHANOSARCINA;

METHANOTHRIX;

CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; METHANE; METHANOSARCINACEAE; SODIUM ACETATE;

EID: 0033084213     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(98)00114-6     Document Type: Article

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