Methane-consuming archaebacteria in marine sediments

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6730, 1999, Pages 802-805

  Hinrichs, Kai Uwe ^a   Hayes, John M ^a   Sylva, Sean P ^a   Brewert, Peter G ^b   DeLong, Edward F ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ARCHAEA; CALIFORNIA; EURYARCHAEOTA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIPID METABOLISM; METHANE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSARCINALES;

EID: 0033614388     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/19751     Document Type: Article

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