Investigation of the methanogen population structure and activity in a brackish lake sediment

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 947-960

  Banning, Natasha ^a   Brock, Fiona ^b   Fry, John C ^a   Parkes, R John ^b   Hornibrook, Edward R C ^c   Weightman, Andrew J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ARCHAEAL DNA; BICARBONATE; FRESH WATER; METHANE; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEDIMENT;

ACETATES; BICARBONATES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; ECOSYSTEM; EURYARCHAEOTA; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARCHAEA; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOCOCCALES; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINALES;

EID: 20444482930     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00766.x     Document Type: Article

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