Depth related diversity of methanogen Archaea in Finnish oligotrophic fen

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 441-449

  Galand, Pierre E ^a   Saarnio, Sanna ^b   Fritze, Hannu ^c   Yrjälä, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Fen; Methane production; Methanogen; Methyl coenzyme M reductase

Indexed keywords

METHANE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

DEPTH; FEN; METHANOGENESIS; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; FINLAND; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOSARCINA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEATLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TROPHIC LEVEL;

FINLAND;

ARCHAEA; ERIOPHORUM; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSARCINALES; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 0036890052     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00381-1     Document Type: Article

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