Environmental regulation of the anaerobic oxidation of methane: A comparison of ANME-I and ANME-II communities

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 98-106

  Nauhaus, Katja ^a,d   Treude, Tina ^a,b   Boetius, Antje ^a,b,c   Krüger, Martin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; METHANE; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 12544250488     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00669.x     Document Type: Article

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