Biomarker evidence for widespread anaerobic methane oxidation in Mediterranean sediments by a consortium of methanogenic archaea and bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1126-1132

  Pancost, Richard D ^a   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a   De Lint, Saskia ^b   Van Der Maarel, Marc J E C ^b   Gottschal, Jan C ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOMARKER; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; OXIDATION;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; METHANOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; SEDIMENT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VOLCANO;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; EURYARCHAEOTA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIPIDS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEAWATER; SHIPS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0034008529     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.3.1126-1132.2000     Document Type: Article

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