Methane ice worms: Hesiocaeca methanicola colonizing fossil fuel reserves

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 184-187

  Fisher, C R ^a   MacDonald, I R ^b   Sassen, R ^b   Young, C M ^c   Macko, S A ^d   Hourdez, S ^a   Carney, R S ^e   Joye, S ^f   McMullin, E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; METHANE; SULFIDE;

BACTERIVORY; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; GAS HYDRATE; POLYCHAETE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEDIMENT; WORM;

GULF OF MEXICO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HESIOCAECA; HESIOCAECA METHANICOLA; HESIONIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0034019328     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050700     Document Type: Article

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