Biogeochemistry and microbial ecology of methane oxidation in anoxic environments: A review

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 271-282

  Valentine, David L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetate; Anaerobic methane oxidation; Anoxic environments; Archea; Interspecies hydrogen transfer; Methane hydrates; Subsurface biosphere; Sulfate reduction; Syntrophy

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; METHANE; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; OXIDATION;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEAWATER;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036417909     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020587206351     Document Type: Article

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