A microbial consortium couples anaerobic methane oxidation to denitrification

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7086, 2006, Pages 918-921

  Raghoebarsing, Ashna A ^a   Pol, Arjan ^a   Van De Pas Schoonen, Katinka T ^a   Smolders, Alfons J P ^a   Ettwig, Katharina F ^a   Rijpstra, W Irene C ^b   Schouten, Stefan ^b   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^b   Op Den Camp, Huub J M ^a   Jetten, Mike S M ^a   Strous, Marc ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; OXIDATION;

ANAEROBIC METHANE OXIDATION; BIOLOGICAL METHANE; METHANOTROPHIC ARCHAEA; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM;

METHANE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DENITRIFICATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; METHANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION;

ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DENITRIFICATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SEDIMENTATION;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; METHANE; OXIDATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33645876469     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04617     Document Type: Article

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