Sulphate reduction, methanogenesis and phylogenetics of the sulphate reducing bacterial communities along an estuarine gradient

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-217

  Nedwell, D B ^a   Embley, T M ^b   Purdy, K J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Estuarine sediments; Methane formation; Methane oxidation; Methanogenic archaea; Sulphate reducing bacteria; Sulphate reduction

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOBACTER; DESULFOBACTERIUM; DESULFOBULBUS; DESULFOVIBRIO;

EID: 12344260911     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame037209     Document Type: Article

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