Growth and population dynamics of anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea and sulfate-reducing bacteria in a continuous-flow bioreactor

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3725-3733

  Girguis, Peter R ^a   Cozen, Aaron E ^b   DeLong, Edward F ^c  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOREACTORS; GROWTH KINETICS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANE; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTS; SULFATE MINERALS;

ANAEROBIC METHANOTROPH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; METHANE OXIDATION; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA;

HELIUM; METHANE; PLASMID DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SULFATE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTOR; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DENSITY; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEDIMENT; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BIOREACTORS; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

ARCHAEA; DESULFOSARCINA;

EID: 22144456094     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.7.3725-3733.2005     Document Type: Article

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