Stable Carbon Isotope Ratios of Lipid Biomarkers of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 745-751

  Londry, K L ^a   Jahnke, L L ^b   Des Marais, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; BIOMASS; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FATTY ACIDS; ISOTOPES; LIPIDS;

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIOS; HETEROTROPHIC GROWTH;

BACTERIA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON 13; LIPID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SULFATE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBON UTILIZATION; COVALENT BOND; CULTURE MEDIUM; DESULFOBACTER HYDROGENOPHILUS; DESULFOBACTERIUM AUTOTROPHICUM; DESULFOTOMACULUM ACETOXIDANS; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MIXOTROPHY; NONHUMAN; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CULTURE MEDIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFOVIBRIO; FATTY ACIDS; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOBACTER; DESULFOBACTER HYDROGENOPHILUS; DESULFOBACTERIUM AUTOTROPHICUM; DESULFOTOMACULUM ACETOXIDANS; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; HYDROGENOPHILUS;

EID: 2342591318     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.2.745-751.2004     Document Type: Article

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