Taxonomic, phylogenetic, and ecological diversity of methanogenic Archaea

Anaerobe

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 205-226

  Garcia, Jean Louis ^a   Patel, Bharat K C ^b   Ollivier, Bernard ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaea; Ecology; Methanogens; Phylogeny; Review; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODIVERSITY; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0033867966     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.2000.0345     Document Type: Review

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