Biogeochemical evidence that thermophilic archaea mediate the anaerobic oxidation of methane

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1680-1686

  Schouten, Stefan ^a   Wakeham, Stuart G ^b   Hopmans, Ellen C ^a   Damsté, Jaap S Sinninghe ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LIPIDS; MEMBRANES; OXIDATION;

ISOTROPIC ANALYSES;

METHANE;

LIPID; METHANE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ORGANISM; LIPID; METHANE; MICROORGANISM; SEDIMENT CORE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; SEDIMENT; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HEAT; LIPID METABOLISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEAWATER;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0344837843     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.3.1680-1686.2003     Document Type: Article

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