Microbial fuel cell energy from an ocean cold seep

Geobiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-136

  Reimers, C E ^a   Girguis, P ^b,c   Stecher III, H A ^a   Tender, L M ^d   Ryckelynck, N ^a   Whaling, P ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; ELECTRICAL POWER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC CARBON;

MONTEREY CANYON; PACIFIC OCEAN;

DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFOCAPSA; DESULFUROMONAS; DESULFUROMONAS ACETOXIDANS; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SYNTROPHUS;

EID: 33744471906     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2006.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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